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AGRICULTURE
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Anguas Vélez, Benjamín H. PERSPECTIVAS PARA EL DESARROLLO ACUACULTURAL DEL SISTEMA LAGUNAR DE BAHÍA
MAGDALENDA-ALMEJAS BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MÉXICO. / Benjamín H. Anguas Vélez. México, D.F.: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 2011. 130p. 28cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, graphs, maps, color photos, tables. ISBN: 978-6074142129.
Technical notes on physical and biological environment of lagoon complex that is home to mollusks, crustaceans, fish, echinoderms
and sea turtles. Discusses farming potential of region and possibilities for production of sardines, lobster, clams and shrimp by local cooperatives, as well as for refuge and propagation of various species. Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: CORNELL, IAI.
$18.95s
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CADENA DE VALOR Y PREFERENCIAS DEL CONSUMIDOR: LA LECHE DE BOVINO EN BAJA CALIFORNIA. / Iliana Enriqueta
Montaño Méndez…[et al.]. Mexicali, Baja California: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, 2012. 269p. 22cm. (Selección Anual para
el Libro Universitario.) ISBN: 978-6076071304.
Characterizes dairy production chains in state of Baja California and their components from primary production to marketing, processing, distribution and consumption of milk and byproducts. Focusing on productive linkages throughout chain, identifies advantages and
challenges of industry’s location close to US border and strategies adopted by local dairy farms and companies to improve their competitiveness and sustainability. APPROVALS: CORNELL, UNM, TULANE, CHI, IAI.
$24.30s
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 165627
METALES EN CAMARÓN SILVESTRE Y DE CULTIVO: IMPORTANCIA, EFECTOS Y TRANSFERENCIA TRÓFICA. / Federico
Páez Osuna, editor. Mazatlán, Sinaloa: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología; El Colegio
de Sinaloa; Universidad Politécnica de Sinaloa, 2011. xi,438p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, graphs, illus., index, photos, tables. (Lagunas Costeras de Sinaloa, 5.) ISBN: 978-6070222054.
Technical but fairly accessible studies of presence of heavy metals in shrimp farmed in Mexico and elsewhere in world. Begins with
basic principles of toxicology and biology of metals and their movement in coastal eco-systems. Presents empirical and experimental results showing effects of metals on growth and reproduction of shrimp and mechanisms by which toxins are accumulated along food chain
and may be passed on to humans. Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: IAI.
$37.85s
ANTHROPOLOGY
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Belmar, Francisco. CARTILLA DEL IDIOMA ZAPOTECO SERRANO. / Francisco Belmar. México, D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2011. xiv, 30p. 23cm. Glossary. (Francisco Belmar, 1.) ISBN: 9786074842494.
Reprints brief 1890 guide to Zapotec language as spoken in mountains of Puebla, written by lawyer and scholar who was judge in town
of Ixtlán de Juárez. Consists of glossary (organized by number of syllables, starting with one and ending with ten), rules on pronunciation,
and samples of texts for reading and speaking. Introduction offers basic information on author and this work.
$12.15s
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 163499
Belmar, Francisco. ESTUDIO DEL HUAVE: LENGUAS DEL ESTADO DE OAXACA. / Francisco Belmar. México, D.F.: Instituto
Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2011. 111p. 23cm. Glossary. (Francisco Belmar, 8.) ISBN: 978-6074841640.
See previous entry. This is similar work, originally published in 1901, accompanied by Belmar’s study on origins of Huave people and
classification and comparison of Huave with Maya-Quiche languages. Includes glossary and grammatical-syntactical notes.
$13.70s
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AFRICANIAS SUBSAHARIANAS EN LA DANZA DE LOS DIABLOS Y AFROSUCESORES NOVOHISPANOS EN LA INDEPENDENCIA. / México, D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2012. DVD. Photos. (Serie Antropología Visual, 6.)
Two short video documentaries for non-specialized audience relating history of African presence in Mexico from colonial times to present. Africanías subsaharianas en la Danza de los Diablos (18 minutes) reveals African influences in ritual dances and cosmovision of
Guerrero and Oaxaca peoples. Afrosucesores novohispanos en la Independencia (6.5 minutes) is historic overview of colonial slave trade
and incorporation of that population into local populations, as well as their participation in independence movements and later economic
and social life of Mexico. APPROVALS: HARVD, YALE, UMN, MSU, NYPL, COL, UCSC, TULANE, BANC, CHI, UCLA, UTA.
$14.80s
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ALIMENTACIÓN EN MÉXICO: ENSAYOS DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA. / Miguel Ángel Adame Cerón (1957- ), compilador,
editor y coordinador. México, D.F.: Ediciones Navarra, 2012. 243p. 22cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. ISBN: 978-6078132119.
Ten studies on ancient and current practices relating to food in Mexico. Addresses topics such as socio-cultural anthropological history
of food and nutrition, indigenous diet as identity feature, Mesoamerican ecological and food culture, massification of junk food and increase
in degenerative diseases, popularity of successful cartoonist Rius’ “green books” on naturalism and vegetarianism, and others. APPROVALS: IAI.
$22.90s
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 165537
ETNIAS DE SONORA. / Tonatiuh Castro Silva, coordinador. Hermosillo, Sonora: Gobierno del Estado de Sonora, Instituto Sonorense de Cultura, 2011. 173p. 24cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, photos, tables. ISBN: 978-6077598268.
Basic information on eight native ethnic groups of Sonora: Cucapá, Tohono O’odham, Seri, Kakaú, Pima, Guarijío, Yaqui and Mayo.
Each section is organized into themes on origins, history, location, environment, diet, health, demography, language, costumes, infrastructure, housing, economy, crafts, social and political organization, religious life and inter-ethnic relations. Includes photographs of daily life
among different communites. APPROVALS: YALE, UNM, UCR, TULANE, CHI, CORNELL, VAND, IAI.
$32.25s
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Guran, Milton. HIJOS DE LA TIERRA. / Milton Guran. México, D.F.: Etnoscopio; Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana; Universidad
del Claustro de Sor Juana, 2012. 74p. 21cm. Bibl. notes. ISBN: 978-6074777215 (UAM); 978-6077853077 (Claurstro de Sor Juana).
Black-and-white images by award-winning photographer and anthropologist, depicting daily lives of 16 different indigenous peoples
from various regions of Brazil taken between 1978 and 1991. Includes three short essays about Guran and his work, plus anthropological
profile of each tribe. Page facing title page states, "Este catálogo reune una selección de cuarenta y cinco fotografías que integran la exposición ‘Hijos de la tierra’ presentada del 8 de septiembre al 30 de octubre en la Biblioteca de México José Vasconcelos.” Texts and photogdraphs derived from Jornadas de Antropología Visual México-Brasil: Trayectos y Correspondencias (6th, 2011, Mexico City). $19.15s
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 165534
MEMORIAS TOHONO O'OTHAM: ROSTROS Y VOCES DE EL DESIERTO DE ALTAR. VIVENCIAS Y PERVIVENCIAS. / Guillermo Castillo Ramírez, Karyn Galland, Miguel-Angel Paz Frayre, compiladores. Hermosillo, Sonora: Editorial Garabatos, 2011. 208p.
22cm. Maps, photos. ISBN: 978-6077670155.
Photographs, folk tales, poems, memories, and descriptions of culture and daily life among O’Odham people of Sonoran desert. Many
texts are presented in original language and Spanish translation. Includes approximately 150 black-and-white photographs that show families, homes, schools, landscapes, rituals, festivals crafts, and other images. APPROVALS: TULANE, IAI.
$31.25s
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Puente Andrés, María Inmaculada; Guadalupe Zorrilla Bernal, Martha E. Eyzaguirre Ordóñez. BORDANDO UNA IDENTIDAD:
SISTEMATIZACIÓN DE LA EXPERIENCIA Y DEL MODELO DE INTERVENCIÓN CON LA POBLACIÓN INDÍGENA DEL ESTADO DE
SONORA DE LA ORGANIZACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL LUTISUC ASOCIACIÓN CULTURAL, I.A.P. / María Inmaculada Puente
Andrés, Guadalupe Zorrilla Bernal, Martha E. Eyzaguirre Ordóñez. Hermosillo, Sonora: Editorial Garabatos, 2011. 216p. 22cm. Bibl.,
bibl. notes, graphs, color photos, tables. ISBN: 978-6077670193.
Reports on and shares experiences of private non-profit organization that works with indigenous women in preserving and disseminating native cultures of Sonora. Reviews situation of indigenous peoples in Latin America, Mexico and Sonora in particular, describes intervention model applied by Lutisuc Asociación Cultural, discusses its activities and presents results of survey among those involved in program. Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: UNM, TULANE, CHI, CORNELL, IAI.
$37.75s
ARCHAEOLOGY
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Nebot García, Edgar. TECNOLOGÍA OSEA Y CULTURA PRECLÁSICA EN LA CUENCA DE MÉXICO: PRODUCCIÓN Y UTILIZACIÓN DE ARTEFACTOS EN HUESO, DIENTE Y ASTA: SU IMPORTANCIA SOCIAL Y ECONÓMICA EN LA ALDEA NUCLEAR DE
TLATILCO DURANTE EL PRECLÁSICO MEDIO. / Edgar Nebot García. México, D.F.: Nebot García Ediciones, 2012. 173 pages.
28cm. Bibliography: pages 109-118; bibliographic notes, illustrations, graphs, maps, photographs, tables. (Colección Estudios Mexicanos,
1.) ISBN: 9786079589011 (obra); 976079589004 (Obra completa).
Monograph on uses and manipulation of bone tools (mostly animal, but also includes some human bones) found at archaeological site
of one of first human settlements in Valley of Mexico, dating from Preclassic Period (2,500 AC - 250 AC). Discusses culture that created
these artifacts and what they were used for, plus close analysis of 158 tools or fragments, divided into sixteen chapters by types of use
(scrapers, polishers, needles, weaving tools, wedges, cutting devices, etc.). Includes illustrated and descriptive catalog of each artifact.
This is corrected and expanded version of author’s award-winning 2007 master’s thesis presented at Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona.
Text is both a synthesis of current knowledge on subject and important contribution to and expansion of that knowledge.
$41.55s
ARCHITECTURE
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Cueto, Juan Ignacio del. GUÍA CANDELA. / México, D.F.: Arquine; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Instituto Nacional
de Bellas Artes, , 2013. 189p. 18cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus., maps, B&W and color photos. ISBN: 978-6077784487.
Guide to extant architectural works in Mexico by Spanish-Mexican architect Felix Candela Outeriño (1910-1997) known for his development of thin shells made from reinforced concrete, popularly known as cascarones. Introductory chapter explains technology and materials
while remaining chapters offer descriptions, photographs and in some cases floor plans of buildings in Mexico City, Morelos, Monterrey,
San Luis Potosí and Chiapas. Also includes chronology of Candelas’ life. APPROVALS: NYPL, UTA.
$33.80h
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ENCAJES URBANOS = URBAN INTERLACING: JAVIER SÁNCHEZ, 2004-2013. / Textos = texts, Josep María Montaner, Miquel
Adriá. México, D.F.: Arquine; Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 2013. 239p. 25cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus., color photos.
ISBN: 978-6077784524 (Arquine); 978-6075162638 (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes).
Tribute to acclaimed architect who is founding partner and lead designer of Mexico City firm JSa. Includes two essays on Sánchez’
style and influence, plus descriptions, floor plans and interior and exterior photographs of 27 of his homes, apartment buildings, museums,
courthouses and other structures. High quality reproductions on heavy paper. APPROVALS: NYPL, CORNELL, IAI.
$58.70h
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 171360
Hernández, Agustín. ARQUITECTURA IMAGINADA: PROYECTOS NO CONSTRUIDOS = IMAGINED ARCHITECTURE: UNBUILT
PROJECTS. / Agustín Hernández. México, D.F.: Arquine, 2013. 183p. 25cm. B&W and color illus., B&W and color photos. ISBN: 9786077784364.
Guide to some of most ambitious and unconventional works designed by Mexican architect between 1954 and 2010 but which for variety of reasons were never built. Idea of book is akin to architectural virtrual reality. Includes critical and biographical essays and Hernández’ own discussion of each project, along with photographs of scale models, floor plans, sketches and other visual materials. High quality
reproductions on heavy paper. APPROVALS: NYPL, CORNELL.
$34.80s
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Hernández, Alejandro. SOMBRILLAS, SOMBREROS, SOMBRAS: DE LOS PRINCIPIOS DE LA ARQUITECTURA. / Alejandro
Hernández. Puebla, México & México, D.F.: Profética; Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes; Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las
Artes, 2013. 80p. 21cm. (Cabeza Prusia.) ISBN: 978-6079502621.
Spontaneous aesthetic and philosophical reflections about architecture, some published previously and many others new. Explores rational roots of architecture and its ties to other disciplines, as well as influence and contributions of philosophers and artists to its understanding. APPROVALS: NYPL, CORNELL, IAI, UTA.
$25.40s
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Ruiz Razura, Adriana. JOSÉ GUTIÉRREZ EL ARQUITECTO DEL NEOCLÁSICO EN GUADALAJARA. / Adriana Ruiz Razura.
Guadalajara, Jalisco: Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco, 2011. 191p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus., photos. ISBN:
978-6079016456.
Sheds light on life of important early 19th century architect and some of his greatest works. Describes his life and career from small
town in southern Spain to colonial Guadalajara. Analyzes three of his extant works in latter city and relationship between neoclassical
movement and political, social, economic and cultural context of Mexico during his lifetime.
$22.55s
ART
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Aquino Casas, Arnulfo. IMÁGENES ÉPICAS EN EL MÉXICO CONTEMPORÁNEO: DE LA GRÁFICA AL GRAFITI, 1968-2011. /
Arnulfo Aquino Casas (1942- ). México, D.F.: Centro Nacional de Investigación, Documentación e Información de Artes Plásticas; Instituto
Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2011. 287p. 22cm. Bibl., B&W and color illus., B&W and color photos. ISBN: 978-6076050743.
Analyzes visual political communications in Mexico in variety of media, from extremely unofficial (graffiti) to highly official (public-service
announcements, party logos, etc.). Presents and studies vast sampling of black-and-white and color images collected over past four decades. Author is professor and award-winning graphic artist and designer. APPROVALS: IAI.
$65.85s
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 161933
ARTECORREO. / México, D.F. & Barcelona, España: Museo de la Ciudad de México; RM Verlag, 2011. 269p. 27cm. B&W and color illus., fold-out illus., B&W and color photos. ISBN: 978-8415118169.
Catalog from 2009 show of playful, provocative and exuberant pieces –originally produced between 1966 and 1991— exemplifying
genre of art that is created and/or sent by mail, in which physical act of mailing work affects its form and content. Includes texts by Felipe
Ehrenberg, Mauricio Marín, Maris Bustamente and others. Features reproductions of artwork by Pedro Friedeberg,Mathias Goeritz, Clemente Padín, Marcos Kurtycz, and others, including a few sealed envelopes that lie in wait like treasures between pages for reader. High
quality reproductions on heavy paper.
$23.95s
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 165000
Burciaga Campos, José Arturo. LOS TERRITORIOS DE LA MEMORIA: MUSEOS COMUNITARIOS EN EL ESTADO DE ZACATECAS. / José Arturo Burciaga Campos (1963- ). México, D.F. & Zacatecas, México: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes; Gobierno del Estado de Zacatecas, Instituto de Desarrollo Artesanal del Estado de Zacatecas, 2011. 346p. 31cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, color
photos. ISBN: 978-6077889328.
Descriptions of Zacatecas’ many local community historical museums, their origins, aims, achievements, and unique character. Includes intriguing portfolio of photographic images capturing idiosyncratic charms of several sites and installations. APPROVALS: BANC,
ASU, IAI.
$36.85h
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 171143
Estrella, Alfredo. UN DÍA CUALQUIERA. / Alfredo Estrella. México, D.F.: Ojo de Venado Ediciones, 2013. 64p. 14cm. B&W and
color photos.
Black and white and color photographs by award-winning Mexico City photographer, depicting traditions, struggles, and landscapes of
Mexico. Grouped thematically, photographs range from track-and-field events to riots, from construction workers to goat farmers to politicians. High quality reproductions on heavy paper. APPROVALS: NYPL, IAI.
$23.95s
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 163019
EXPOSICIÓN: RON MUECK. / Monterrey, Nuevo León: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, 2011. 91p. 20cm. Color photos. ISBN: 978-9686623833.
Exhibition catalog from 2013 show of works by internationally-acclaimed hyperrealist sculptor. In addition to numerous full-color photographs that strive to communicate scale and sense of astonishment that Mueck’s art provokes in viewer, presents Spanish and English
versions of previously published essay by Christchurch Art Gallery’s director on same exhibit. High quality reproductions on heavy paper.
$49.95h
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 169796
FORMANDO EL CUERPO DE UNA NACIÓN: EL DEPORTE EN MÉXICO POSREVOLUCIONARIO, 1920 - 1940. / México, D.F.:
Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes; Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo, 2012.
141p. 23cm. B&W and color illus., maps, photos. ISBN: 978-6076051856.
Catalog from 2012 exhibit of art and photography reflecting attitudes toward and use of sports in Mexican political and social life following 1910-1920 revolution. Reveals ways in which post-revolutionary governments used sports as channel for collective ideals and individual ambitions through progressive institutionalization, effectively creating “national body” to accompany “national spirit” they were also constructing. Images and supporting analytical texts explore three facets: elites, spaces, and propaganda. Images include posters, flyers,
magazines, paintings, murals, architectural drawings, and photographs. High quality reproductions on heavy paper. APPROVALS: LC, ASU,
HARVD, YALE, UIUC, NYPL, CORNELL, TULANE, BANC, UCLA, UTA, IAI, UTL, BRN, CAM.
$53.55s
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Gamboa Duarte, Sofía. FRANCISCO GOITIA: OBSESIÓN EN SOLEDAD. / México, D.F. & Zacatecas, México: Consejo Nacional
para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes; Museo “Francisco Goitia”; Instituto Zacatecano de Cultura “Ramón López
Velarde”, 2011. 139p. 29cm. Bibl. notes, B&W and color illus., photos. ISBN: 978-6079087081.
Retrospective and biographical tribute to eccentric, iconoclastic artist of post-revolutionary Mexico (1882-1960) who remained stubbornly outside of any defined artistic trend or group. Text chronicles evolution of his art against known events in his life and provides full chronology. Offers reproductions of his work from earliest and most traditional landscapes and portraits to provocative expressionist and impressionist work of his later years, along with photos of artist at various moments in his life. High quality reproductions on heavy paper. APPROVALS: BANC, ASU, IAI.
$68.95h
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JOSÉ JIMÉNEZ ORTIZ: ALGORITHMS, FEAR AND SOCIAL CHANGE = ALGORITMOS, MIEDO Y CAMBIO SOCIAL. / Eduardo
Abaroa…[et al.], textos. México, D.F.: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes; Fundación BBVA Bancomer, 2013. 204p. 29cm. Illus., maps, photos. ISBN: 978-6075164762.
Graphic record of three short video-art installations/films by artist José Jimenez Ortíz (1980- ), whose work explores connections between technology and artistic creation. Presents short description and still images from projects such as “My dead friends,” which documents actions performed by people who have lost friends to criminal violence in Mexico, “Bibliographic adventure,” in which artist forged
fake ID to borrow library books about identity theft, and “Platonic dialogues,” in which he contacted people who left e-mails on public computer servers. Also includes six critical essays on Jimenez’ work and its influences and implications. Texts are in Spanish and English APPROVALS: NYPL, CORNELL, IAI.
$29.70h
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López Sáenz, Antonio. REALIDADES RECONSTRUIDAS = RECONSTRUCTED REALITIES. / Antonio López Sáenz (1936- ). Culiacán, Sinaloa: El Colegio de Sinaloa, 2011. 143p. 22cm. B&W and color illus., B&W and color photos. ISBN: 978-6077904052.
Exhibition catalog from 2012 show at Sinaloa Museum of Art, featuring work of popular decorative painter known for his sun-drenched
scenes of faceless old-fashioned people cavorting in tropical settings. Includes interview with artist, visual tour through his memory in form
of old photographs from family albums, and numerous reproductions of his oil paintings, sculptures and images from his sketchbooks.
Texts are in Spanish and English. High quality reproductions on heavy paper. APPROVALS: IAI.
$49.45s
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MANUELA GENERALI. / Luis Carlos Emerich, Guillermo Fadanelli, Erik Castillo, ensayos. México, D.F.: Consejo Nacional para la
Cultura y las Artes; Fogra Editorial, 2013. 159p. 28cm. B&W and color illus., photos. ISBN: 978-6075163314 (Consejo Nacional para la
Cultura y las Artes).
Retrospective sampling of works by Swiss-born expressionist painter who has lived in Mexico since 1978. Includes texts by art critics
along with numerous reproductions of her somber, dynamic paintings of storm-tossed seas, cities at night, shadowy interiors and other images. High quality reproductions on heavy paper. APPROVALS: NYPL, CORNELL, IAI.
$86.15s
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 171142
Quintanar, Jesús. MIRAR PARA CONTARLO. / Jesús Quintanar. México, D.F.: Ojo de Venado Ediciones, 2013. 64p. 14cm. B&W
and color photos.
Black-and-white and color images captured by award-winning photographer currently working for Mexico City daily Milenio. Taken in
urban and rural Mexico and in Algeria, images record telling details and illuminating momets in world around us. High quality reproductions
on heavy paper. APPROVALS: NYPL, IAI.
$23.00s
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Real, Yamina del; Sandra Lorenzano. EL SILENCIO LUMINOSO. / Yamina del Real, Sandra Lorenzano. México, D.F.: Secretaría
de Cultura del Gobierno del Distrito Federal; Artes de México y del Mundo, 2013. 10p. 22cm. B&W and color photos. ISBN: 978-6074611410.
Photographs by Mexican visual artist Yamina del Real, accompanied by several poems by Argentine writer Sandra Lorenzano, exploring dark world where eroticism, death and female body intersect. Del Real’s photographs feature elegant female nudes with dead birds
splayed across them, or female nudes splayed and/or bound in inelegant and deathlike positions in natural settings--evoking, in her words,
pain women feel regarding death. High quality reproductions on heavy paper. APPROVALS: IAI.
$33.60s
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 170427
RETRATO Y VISUALIDAD. / Fabián Giménez Gatto, Alejandra Díaz Zepeda, Mar Marcos Carretero, coordinadores. México, D.F. &
Querétaro, México: Distribuciones Fontamara; Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 2013. 145p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus. (Argumentos, 204.) ISBN: 978-6077360421.
Papers by French, Spanish and Mexican philosophers and art historians on genre of portrait in fine arts and its uses, manifestations,
and implications from 17th century to present. Topics include film representations of illness, pornographic and scientific attempts to visually
capture orgasm, discovery of donor’s portrait within crucifixion scene painted in 17th century by Juan Correa, and others. APPROVALS: IAI,
NYPL, CORNELL.
$24.15s
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Ruiz Razura, Adriana. JOSÉ GUTIÉRREZ EL ARQUITECTO DEL NEOCLÁSICO EN GUADALAJARA. / Adriana Ruiz Razura.
Guadalajara, Jalisco: Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco, 2011. 191p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus., photos. ISBN:
978-6079016456.
Sheds light on life of important early 19th century architect and some of his greatest works. Details his life and career from small town
in southern Spain to colonial Guadalajara; analyzes three of his extant works in that city and relationship between neoclassical movement
and political, social, economic and cultural context of Mexico during his lifetime.
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Sánchez, Paulina. FRONTERA Y ARTE: ACERCAMIENTO DISCURSIVO A OBRAS PRODUCIDAS POR ARTISTAS MEXICALENSES. / Paulina Sánchez (1979- ). Mexicali, Baja California: Fondo Editorial de Baja California, 2013. 179p. 22cm. Bibl., bibl. notes,
B&W and color illus., B&W and color photos. (Artes Plásticas y Visuales.) ISBN: 978-6077832423.
Semiotic perspectives and analysis of visual discourse in art that reflects geography and society of Mexico’s border with US. Emphasizes creations by painters, photographers and graffiti artists of Mexicali such as Eduardo Kintero, Odette Barajas, Francisco Coronado
and others. Covers themes such as relationship between border art and Chicano art, “Mexicanness” and popular culture, and border art’s
depictions of vulnerability of women, immigrants, ethnic minorities, etc. APPROVALS: CORNELL, IAI, UTL.
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SUPERFLEX: THE CORRUPT SHOW AND THE SPECULATIVE MACHINE. / Una exposición curada por Patrick Charpenel y Daniel
McClean. México, D.F. Fundación La Colección JUMEX, 2013. 2 vols.: v.1: 359p; v.2: 11p. 29cm. Charts, B&W and color illus., B&W
and color photos, ISBN: 978-6079584542.
Exhibition catalog for 2013-14 exhibit of work by Danish art cooperative Superflex, consisting of three creators: Bjornstjerne Christiansen, Jakob Fenger and Rasmus Nielsen. Provides detailed description and exemplification of their work, includes essay co-written by Patrick Charpenel and Daniel McClean, and contains section reflecting on social and political themes relevant to context of economic globalization. Boxed set includes volume containing photographs, posters, and other artwork from show, as well as slim binder containing legalsounding “Corruption Contract” to be signed by book’s owner, purpose of which is “to undermine the institutions and values of democracy,
ethical values and justice and jeopardize sustainable development and the rule of law.” Texts are in Spanish and English. High quality reproductions on heavy paper. APPROVALS: NYPL, IAI.
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BIOLOGY
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ESTUDIOS SOBRE LA BIOLOGÍA DE ROEDORES SILVESTRES MEXICANOS. / Fernando A. Cervantes, Claudia Ballesteros-Barrera, editores. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología; Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, 2012. xxi, 280p. 27cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, graphs, maps, color photos, tables. ISBN: 978-6070237799.
Scientific articles (18 in Spanish and two in English) presenting results of recent masto-zoological research into Mexico’s most abundant group of mammals, analyzing various taxonomic groups of rodents and varied aspects of their biology. Offers information on intriguing species like Mexican spiny pocket mouse, Buller’s pocket gopher, and Yucatan deer mouse, among many others. Contrary to popular
belief, book is not treatise on Mexican politicians. APPROVALS: NYPL, IAI.
$26.95s
DRAMA & THEATER
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EL ACTOR: ARTE E HISTORIA. / Jorge Dubatti, director y compilador. México, D.F.: Libros de Godot, 2013. 474p. 22cm. Bibl.,
bibl. notes. ISBN: 978-6079148294.
Compilation of texts about actors in global theater enviornment. Includies academic research on acting, interviews with actors, theoretical and analytical texts. Topics include Shakespearian acting techniques, challenges to actor in works of Goethe and Schiller, “independent theater” in Argentina, Suzuki method, and others. APPROVALS: IAI, NYPL.
$39.75s
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Cerda Muños, Alfredo. LA ACTIVIDAD ESCÉNICA EN GUADALAJARA, 1991-2000. / Alfredo Cerda Muños. Guadalajara, Jalisco: Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, 2013. 163p., plus CD-ROM. 23cm. Bibl., bibl.
notes, graphs. ISBN: 978-6074508215.
Information, biographical profiles and selected texts about world of theater in Jalisco’s capital, Mexico’s second largest city. Presents
alphabetical list of plays and profiles leading actors, directors, playwrights, and theater companies. Includes essay which classifies critical
response to theater works based on selected reviews published in local newspapers. Accompanying CD-ROM catalogs all theater works
staged in city during period studied, with information on title, genre, playwright, adaptor, director, company, theater, date and source. Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: LC, NYPL, CORNELL, TULANE, CHI, IAI, UTL.
$18.15s
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Ibarra, Jesús. EL JARDINERO DE FANTASMAS: VIDA Y OBRA DE CARLOS ANCIRA. / Jesús Ibarra. México, D.F.: Escenología, 2013. 350p. 29cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, photos. ISBN: 978-6078309009.
Pays homage to playwright, teacher and actor (1929-1987) who appeared in over 300 plays, 40 films, 2,000 television programs and 9
telenovelas. Covers his early life, highlights of his professional career and personal relationships, critics’ response to his work and other
aspects. Amply illustrated with photographs from family albums, press clippings, posters, etc. APPROVALS: HARVD, IAI, NYPL, CORNELL,
TULANE, CHI.
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Peredo, Manuel. MÉXICO PERSONIFICADO: UN ASOMO AL TEATRO DEL SIGLO XIX. / Manuel Peredo, escritos; Miguel Ángel
Vásquez Meléndez, ensayos y recopilación. México, D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, 2012. 541p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl.
notes. ISBN: 978-6076052068.
Three lengthy studies on 19th-century Mexican literature and theater, plus selection of articles about theater by venerated critic, professor, and co-founder of Academia Mexicana de la Lengua (1830-1890). Deals with relationship between dramatic poetry and nationalism in
19th century, formation of emblematic actor Merced Morales and his failed attempt to establish drama conservatory, and writings and theater critiques of Manuel Peredo. Second half of book is devoted to transcription of Peredo’s columns published in El Semanario Ilustrado
and El Renacimiento in 1868 and 1869. APPROVALS: IAI, NYPL.
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Ramos Smith, Maya. EL ACTOR EN EL SIGLO XVIII: ENTRE EL COLISEO NUEVO Y EL TEATRO PRINCIPAL. / Segunda edición, corregida y aumentada. Maya Ramos Smith. México, D.F.: Escenología, 2013. 246p. 28cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus., index, tables.
ISBN: 978-6078309023.
Analyzes creation and performance of theater in Europe and its repercussions in New Spain. Examines operations of 18th century theater Coliseo Nuevo, focusing on professional, personal and economic lives of its actors and their relationship with society, church and audience, as well as their preparation and stage performance as reflected in critical reviews of time. APPROVALS: HARVD, IAI, NYPL, COL,
TULANE, CHI.
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Sanchis Sinisterra, José. NARRATURGIA: DRAMATURGIA DE TEXTOS NARRATIVOS. / José Sanchis Sinisterra. México, D.F.;
Pachuca, Hidalgo; & Chihuahua, México: Toma, Ediciones y Producciones Escénicas y Cinematográficas; Consejo Estatal para la Cultura
y las Artes de Hidalgo; Instituto Chihuahuense de la Cultura, 2012. 147p. 21cm. (Teoría y Técnica.) ISBN: 978-6078092277.
Critical considerations on theatrical interpretation of literary texts. Argues that relationship between these two genres has drawn closer
in recent decades, and analyzes form in which texts articulate with time, space, and discursive parameters of dramatic action and specific
resources of theater. Author has himself staged works by Melville, Kafka, Joyce, Cortázar, and others. APPROVALS: HARVD, IAI, NYPL,
COL, TULANE, CHI, UTA.
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DRUGS, DRUG TRAFFICKING, NARCO-POLITICS, NARCO-SOCIETY
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Garay Salamanca, Luis Jorge; Eduardo Salcedo-Albarán. NARCOTRÁFICO, CORRUPCIÓN Y ESTADOS: CÓMO LAS REDES
ILÍCITAS HAN RECONFIGURADO LAS INSTITUCIONES EN COLOMBIA, GUATEMALA Y MÉXICO. / Luis Jorge Garay Salamanca,
Eduardo Salcedo-Albarán; con la colaboración de Luis Astorga…[et al.]. México, D.F.: Debate, 2012. 355p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes,
charts, graphs, tables. ISBN: 978-6073108782.
Hard-hitting exposé of vast influence drug trade wields over governments and justice systems in three countries. Analyzes drug networks and flow of money in and between Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico, presenting evidence that Colombian drug cartels are still active and powerful, and have forged ties with other organized crime groups from Mexico to western Europe. Proposes short, medium and
long-term actions to combat increasingly close and often indistinguishable relationship between drug cartels, governments and civil society.
APPROVALS: MSU, LC, TULANE, BANC, IAI, UTL, CAM.
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ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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EL ARROYO ALAMAR DE TIJUANA: UN RÍO URBANO AMENAZADO. / Hugo Riemann…[et al.]; Vicente Sánchez Munguía, coordinador. Puebla, México: Programa Editorial de la Red de Investigación Urbana, 2013. 162p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, graphs, maps, tables. ISBN: 978-9686934311.
Environmental, political and social considerations on heavily polluted river that originates on US side of border. Once clean source of
drinking water and fishing resources for local people, river has long since been choked off by urban sprawl and poisoned by runoff from
maquiladora industries. Authors describe sources and risks of contamination and public efforts to remedy river and halt “channelization”
project that will effectively end its social utility. APPROVALS: NYPL, UNM, IAI, UTA.
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BIOCOMBUSTIBLES EN MÉXICO: CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO, MEDIO AMBIENTE Y ENERGÍA. / Gian Carlo Delgado Ramos…[et al.].
México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades; Programa de Investigación en Cambio Climático, 2013. 174p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, graphs, maps, color photos, tables. (Debate y
Reflexión, 47.) ISBN: 978-6070242502.
Study of socio-environmental viability of biofuels for motorized vehicles in Mexico. Authors discuss potential for biofuels based on sugarcane, palm oil and jatropha, considering both current and future implications (through 2025). They conclude that large-scale production
is not currently possible, particularly as Mexico has yet to address its dependence on motorized transportation. Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, NYPL, CU, UNM, TULANE, BANC, CHI, UTA, IAI, UTL.
$20.35s
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DIAGNÓSTICO PARA LA PLANEACIÓN Y EL MANEJO INTEGRAL DE LOS RECURSOS: EL CASO DE LA CUENCA DEL RÍO
NAUTLA. / Laura C. Ruelas Monjardín…[et al.]. Xalapa, Veracruz & México, D.F.: El Colegio de Veracruz; Instituto Tecnológico Superior
de Xalapa; Juan Pablos Editor, 2013. 332p. 22cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, graphs, maps, tables. ISBN: 978-6077111993.
Biological, ecological and sociological information on river basin in coastal region of central Veracruz. Stresses characteristics of region that are most important for municipal planning and development. Organized into sections on historical background, physical environment, conservation of ground cover, and socioeconomic context. Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: HARVD, NYPL, CORNELL,
UNM, IAI.
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DIAGNÓSTICO Y UBICACIÓN GEOGRÁFICA DE PUNTOS DE CONTAMINACIÓN DE LA PARTE BAJA DE LA CUENCA RÍO LA
SABANA Y LA LAGUNA DE TRES PALOS: ÁREAS VULNERABLES. / Justiniano González González…[et al.]. México, D.F.: Ediciones y Gráficos Eón, 2013. 126p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, color maps, tables. (Sin Límites.) ISBN: 978-6078289608.
Details environmental problems caused by unregulated urban sprawl, deforestation and municipal waste in river basin that lies to south
of Acapulco and empties into Pacific lagoon along coast. Diagnoses most serious threats to environment and public health through territorial geo-spatial evaluation; proposes new tools and approaches to social, statistical and biological study that would enable government to
understand, protect and preserve region’s natural resources. APPROVALS: HARVD, NYPL, CU, TULANE, BANC, CHI, IAI.
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LA NATURALEZA EN CONTEXTO: HACIA UNA ECOLOGÍA POLÍTICA MEXICANA. / Leticia Durand, Fernanda Figueroa, Mauricio
Guzmán, editores. México, D.F.; Cuernavaca, Morelos; & San Luis Potosi, México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de
Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades, Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias; El Colegio de San
Luis, 2012. 336p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, graphs, maps, tables. (Alternativas.) ISBN: 978-6070235436.
Case studies in political ecology and its applications in Mexico. Authors discuss international origins of discipline and identify its phases and central issues, as well as its specific development in Mexico. Chapters study diverse aspects, such as environmental conflict, effects of agro-technology, conservation of protected areas, social movements, and restoration of ecosystems. APPROVALS: HARVD, NYPL,
COL, UNM, TULANE, BANC, CHI, UTA, IAI.
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ECONOMICS, ECONOMY & BUSINESS
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Caballero Urdiales, Emilio. POLÍTICA FISCAL E INVERSIÓN PRIVADA EN MÉXICO. / Emilio Caballero Urdiales. México, D.F.:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2012. 286p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, graphs, tables. ISBN: 978-6070239212.
Analysis of relationship between taxes and private investment in Mexico. In light of Mexico’s adoption of “Washington consensus”
which dictates dramatic scaling back of state participation in economy, and of disappointments of past three decades, author agues that
government spending stimulates private investment and that income tax does not discourage it, as long as resulting revenues are used to
fund projects that in turn fuel new demand. APPROVALS: IAI.
$25.15s
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Espinosa Ramírez, Rafael Salvador; José Manuel del Toro Torres. REGULACIÓN DEL SISTEMA ECONÓMICO INTERNACIONAL: UN ANÁLISIS HOLÍSTICO DESDE UNA PERSPECTIVA DE LAS RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES. / Rafael Salvador Espinosa Ramírez, José Manuel del Toro Torres. Guadalajara, Jalisco: Universidad de Guadalajara, 2012. 103p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes.
ISBN: 978-6074506600.
Analyzes possibilities of and obstacles to international regime to regulate global financial system. Explains genesis and characteristics
of current international system and origins of its current western-liberal-market oriented bias. Details challenges facing modern nationstates and institutions like G-20 in contending with multiple and often conflicting sources of authority and power. APPROVALS: LC, NYPL,
CORNELL, TULANE, IAI.
$19.30s
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LA NACIONALIZACIÓN DE LA BANCA MEXICANA COMO MECANISMO DE RECONFIGURACIÓN DE LOS GRUPOS ECONÓMICOS. / Miguel Santiago Reyes Hernández…[et al.]. México, D.F.: Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias, 2012. 219p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl.
notes, index, graphs, tables. ISBN: 978-6078036141.
Revisionist interpretation of structural effects of 1982 nationalization of Mexican banking system. Argues that government takeover of
banking system was astute strategy by ruling politcal class to favor business interests aligned with federal executive’s desire to implement
“neoliberal” economic policies. This new interpretation represents change of focus, because previously publications by Centro de Estudios
Espinosa Yglesias argued that nationalization of banking system was confiscation, theft, illegal expropriation, etc. Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias is closely associated with and bears name of one of owners of banks most affected by 1982 nationalization.
$26.95s
EDUCATION
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 166840
Bueno, Lourdes. INNOVAR EL PROCESO EDUCATIVO: LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE SUJETOS. / Lourdes Bueno. México, D.F.:
Juan Pablos Editor, 2013. 252p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, graphs, tables. ISBN: 978-6077111245.
Proactive analysis of education’s role in forming social and political subjects capable of participating as elements of national collective.
Proposes concept of “communities of learning” to overcome limitations currently facing public education in Mexico and enable schools to
build productive and participative citizens. Explains role of students, mentors, government, teachers, information technology, etc. in this
community. APPROVALS: HARVD, NYPL, CU, TULANE, BANC, CHI, IAI.
$24.45s
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CONVERSACIONES Y REFLEXIONES: LOS COLEGIADOS HABLAN. / José Ángel Pescador Osuna, coordinador. Culiacán, Sinaloa: El Colegio de Sinaloa, 2012. xiii,71p. 23cm. Graphs, color photos, tables.
Statements by 18 members of Colegio de Sinaloa’s interdisciplinary board of advisors, about past achievements, present status and future directions for institution. Each contributor addresses his or her particular field. Comprises papers from two meetings held, respectively, in October and November of 2010 in Mazatlan and Culiacan, Mexico. APPROVALS: COL, TULANE, IAI.
$16.60s
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LA DOCENCIA COMO PROYECTO ÉTICO. / Rodrigo López Zavala, Martha Lorena Solís Aragón, Eustolia Durán Pizaña, coordinadores. Culiacán, Sinaloa & México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa; Juan Pablos Editor, 2013. 198p. 22cm. Bibl., bibl. notes,
charts, graphs. ISBN: 978-6077370048 (Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa); 978-6077111856 (Juan Pablos).
Seven papers from teachers’ perspective on importance of ethics in modern education. Authors ponder on difficulties of teaching ethics
in troubled times and value of dialogue and cooperation in surmounting these challenges. APPROVALS: CU, IAI, TULANE,
$18.85s
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EDUCACIÓN, PODER Y DEMOCRACIA. / María Griselda Günther, Graciela Pérez Gavilán, Enrique Cerón Ferrer, coordinadores.
México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, 2012. 372p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, graphs, tables.
ISBN: 978-6074778632.
Studies by faculty of Mexico City university’s Politics and Culture Department, on three interrelated topics. Section on education deals
primarily with both government administration of education and way political conduct and political science is taught and learned. Second
part on ‘power,’ includes two essays on foreign affairs (China and Russia) plus others on corporate social responsibility and on economic
crisis. Last deals generally with democratic conduct in narrow and broader sense (access to health care, use of urban space, electoral
strategies, etc.). Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: IAI.
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EDUCACIÓN Y AGENCIA: APROXIMACIONES TEÓRICAS Y ANÁLISIS DE DISPOSITIVOS. / Teresa Yurén, Carola Mick, coordinadoras. México, D.F.: Juan Pablos Editor, 2013. 378p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, graphs. ISBN: 978-6077111696.
Essays on importance of “agency,” understood as active, critical citizenship, and ways in which education can help or hinder its acquisition. Authors approach issue from various perspectives--architectural space of schools, teaching practices, informal education of migrant
women, education of urban indigenous children, and others. APPROVALS: HARVD, NYPL, CU, TULANE, BANC, CHI, IAI, UTL.
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Lizarazo Arias, Diego; Yois Paniagua. LA ANSIEDAD CIBERNÉTICA: DOCENTES Y TIC EN LA ESCUELA SECUNDARIA. / Diego Lizarazo Arias, Yois Paniagua. México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, 2013. 196p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl.
notes, tables. (Teoría y Análisis.) ISBN: 978-6072801189.
Well-informed study of ways Mexico City high school teachers use and understand information and communication technologies, seeking out roots of widespread uncertainty bordering on anxiety. General aim of study was to hear concerns and to suggest ways to incorporate teachers’ needs, viewpoints, and learning processes into process of integrating new educational software and hardware into classrooms. APPROVALS: HARVD, NYPL, CU, TULANE, BANC, CHI, IAI.
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PORTAFOLIO DOCENTE: FUNDAMENTOS, MODELOS Y EXPERIENCIAS. / María Isabel Arbesú García, Frida Díaz Barriga Arceo,
coordinadoras. México, D.F. & Madrid, España: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco; Ediciones Díaz de Santos,
2013. 342p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus., photos, tables. ISBN: 978-6074779097 (UAM); 978-8499695570 (Díaz de Santos).
Papers discussing use of “portfolios”--collections of programs, testimonials, journals and other data amassed by teachers for purpose of
evaluating their individual effectiveness. Includes both theoretic discussion and case studies in implementation of portfolios, including research and experiences of teachers and some examples in which concept is extended to student evaluations as well.
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RUMBO A UNA SOCIEDAD DE CONOCIMIENTO: REDES DE COLABORACIÓN 2012-2013. / José Edgar Braham Priego, Jesús
Acevedo Alemán, coordinadores. Saltillo, Coahuila & México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila; Plaza y Valdés, 2013. 123p.
28cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, graphs, maps, photos, tables. ISBN: 978-6074026245 (Plaza y Valdés); 978-6075061276 (Universidad Autónoma
de Coahuila).
Ten groups of researchers present results of applied knowledge projects carried out in collaboration between faculty of Coahuila state
university and other Mexican and foreign institutions. Includes information about cultivation of natural fungicide trichoderma harzianum,
Taguchi method for optimizing electro-chemical reactors, technological innovation among textile companies of Coahuila and Guanajuato,
and various others. APPROVALS: UIUC, MSU, CORNELL, ASU, UCSC, KU, TULANE, CHI, IAI, UTL.
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TEORÍA Y DESARROLLO DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN EN EDUCACIÓN COMPARADA. / Jaime Calderón López Velarde, coordinador.
Various "editions," i.e., printings; e.g. 2a. "ed.", 2013. Morelia, Michoacán; Zacatecas, México; & México, D.F.: Centro de Cooperación
Regional para la Educación de Adultos en América Latina y el Caribe; Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Unidad Zacatecas; Plaza y Valdés, 2000. 486p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, tables. ISBN: 978-6074026856.
Anthology of texts in field study that examines education in one country by using data and insights drawn from practices and situation in
another. Contents of first part illustrate evolution and recent trends in comparative education. Second deals with theoretic and methodological aspects. Last contains five examples of recent field research. APPROVALS: IAI, UTA.
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VALENCIANA: HITOS Y PERSONAJES DE UNA FACULTAD: FILOSOFÍA Y LETRAS 1952-2008. / Luis Palacios Hernández, editor. Guanajuato, México: Universidad de Guanajuato, 2012. 265p. 23cm. Bibl. notes, B&W and color photos. ISBN: 978-6074412208.
Celebration of 60th and 50th year anniversaries of Guanajuato University’s philosophy and literature and history departments, respectively. Presents three essays on institution’s history and development, commemorative speeches by various officials and academics, and
profiles of ten prominent scholars who have charted course of two departments in period celebrated. APPROVALS: BANC, NYPL, COL, TULANE, IAI.
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FILM & CINEMA
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Leal, Juan Felipe. EL DOCUMENTAL NACIONAL DE LA REVOLUCIÓN MEXICANA: FILMOGRAFÍA, 1915-1921. / Juan Felipe
Leal. México, D.F.: Juan Pablos Editor; Voyeur, 2012. 259p. 26cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus., photos, tables. (El Documental Nacional de
la Revolución Mexicana, 2.) ISBN: 978-6077111016.
Part of vast and ongoing series that chronicles history of film in Mexico. This volume catalogs 130 documentaries made during and
about 1910-1920 Mexican revolution. Entries include title, filming location, producer, director, cameraman, and place originally shown, as
well as notes and comments and, in some cases, reproduction of series of frames from film. Concludes with substantial (pp. 160-231) essay on film industry during period studied and impact of revolution on film.
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FOOD, COOKING & CULINARY STUDIES
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ALIMENTACIÓN EN MÉXICO: ENSAYOS DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA. / Miguel Ángel Adame Cerón (1957- ), compilador,
editor y coordinador. México, D.F.: Ediciones Navarra, 2012. 243p. 22cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. ISBN: 978-6078132119.
Ten studies on ancient and current practices relating to food in Mexico. Addresses topics such as socio-cultural anthropological history
of food and nutrition, indigenous diet as identity feature, Mesoamerican ecological and food culture, massification of junk food and increase
in degenerative diseases, popularity of successful cartoonist Rius’ “green books” on naturalism and vegetarianism, and others. APPROVALS: IAI.
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EL CHILE: PROTAGONISTA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA Y LA REVOLUCIÓN. / México, D.F.: Fundación Herdez, 2011. 99p. 18cm.
Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, graphs, B&W and color illus., B&W and color photos. ISBN: 978-6078172009.
Brief but well-researched overview of chilies and their preponderant influence in Mexican history and culture from pre-Hispanic time to
present. Discusses their biological and cultural importance, their cultivation and processing, and presence in various traditional dishes. Includes eight recipes in which chilies are used both as supporting ingredient and star (stuffed in various ways). Published by national processed food giant Herdez, with only discreet mentions of its products from time to time. Edition limited to 500 copies.
$25.30h
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EL FRIJOL: UN REGALO DE MÉXICO AL MUNDO. / México, D.F.: Fundación Herdez, 2012. 108p. 18cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, B&W
and color illus., maps, color photos. ISBN: 978-6078172078.
Highly informative and amply illustrated introduction to humble bean native to Mexico, and its nutritional and cultural centrality over millennia. Presents chapters on its natural history, its cultural value in pre-Hispanic time, its centrality to Mexican identity and importance of
Mexican bean farming today. Includes ten recipes demonstrating surprising versatility of beans in various traditional dishes. Edition limited
to 500 copies.
$25.30h
GENDER & SENSUALITY STUDIES
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LOS ARCHIVOS DEL CUERPO: ¿CÓMO ESTUDIAR EL CUERPO?. / Rodrigo Parrini, coordinador. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Programa Universitario de Estudios de Género, 2012. 398p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, Illus., photos. (Seminarios.) ISBN: 978-6070238994.
Anthology of papers on approaches to analyzing human understanding of and attitudes toward body, particularly increasing intensity of
public debate over uses and transformations of gendered body. Offers reflections on homosexuality in autobiographies of Salvador Novo
and Elías Nandino, neuro-endocrine bases of homosexuality, abortion experience, transsexual resistance, and other issues.
$48.50s
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SIGUIENDO EL PASO DE LAS ABUELAS. / María del Refugio Navarro Hernández, Dalinda Isabel Sandoval Acosta, coordinadoras.
Tepic, Nayarit: Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, 2011. 157p. 22cm. ISBN: 978-6077868248.
Texts written by students in nine successive years of Gender Studies degree program (2001-2009) at Nayarit state university. Participants were asked to tell story of their grandmothers’ lives, how they influenced their own experiences and identity. Many also trace stories
of their mothers’ lives and their own childhoods.
$15.80s
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Yehya, Naief. PORNOGRAFÍA: OBSESIÓN SEXUAL Y TECNOLÓGICA. / Naief Yehya (1963- ). México, D.F.: Tusquets Editores
México, 2012. 343p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. (Ensayo Tusquets.) ISBN: 978-6074213478.
Compilation of columns originally published in weekly cultural supplement of daily newspaper El Nacional. Reports on author’s extensive research into scholarly publications, bookstores, porn shops, video clubs, and other sources, exploring reasons for growing popularity—or compulsion—of pornography, its mechanisms and channels of transmission, its effects on human psyche and society, its presence
in media, its legal implications, and many other aspects. Originally published in 2004 under title Pornografía: Sexo mediatizao y pánico
moral, this substantially amended edition takes into account dizzying progress of technology and accessibility of pornography in recent
years, including new chapter on science and pornography and another on porn in age of digital telecommunications.
$39.25s
HISTORY
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Cardaillac, Louis. DOS DESTINOS TRÁGICOS EN PARALELO: LOS MORISCOS DE ESPAÑA Y LOS INDIOS DE AMÉRICA. /
Louis Cardalliac. Guadalajara, Jalisco: El Colegio de Jalisco, 2012. 414p. 22cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. (Investigación.) ISBN: 978-6077770541.
Comparative historical study of strategies, processes and consequences of Spanish domain over two vastly different 16th-century ethnic
populations: Moriscos, or forcibly converted Muslims, in Europe, and indigenous peoples of New World. Studies changes wrought by
Spanish oppression on religions, languages, customs and social stratification of subjugated peoples, ways in which they defended themselves and cultural result of blending of two cultures as well as expansion of Spanish realms. Cardaillac is distilnguished professor at Université Paul Valéry de Montpellier, France.
$25.25s
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CONSTITUCIÓN, PODER Y REPRESENTACIÓN: DIMENSIONES SIMBÓLICAS DEL CAMBIO POLÍTICO EN LA ÉPOCA DE LA
INDEPENDENCIA MEXICANA. / Silke Hensel, coordinadora. Madrid, Spain; Frankfurt am Main, Germany; [México, D.F.]: Iberoamericana; Vervuert; Bonilla Artigas, 2011. 462p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. (Tiempo Emulado; Historia de América y España, 16.) ISBN: 9788484895657 (Iberoamericana); 978-3865276100 (Vervuert); 978-6077588368 (Bonilla Artigas).
Papers by international scholars on symbolic communication and social values during first years of Mexican independence. Organized
into sections on creation of new social order to move from monarchy to republic, actors and strategies in transformation of order, and multipurpose symbols in political discourse and practice of time. Some papers were originally presented at a workshop on "Las dimensiones
simbólicas de los procesos de transformación política: México, 1786-1824" held at Universität Münster, July 2008. APPROVALS: BANC,
NYPL, UTL.
$55.35s
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Cosío Villegas, Daniel. HISTORIA MODERNA DE MÉXICO: EL PORFIRIATO: LA VIDA POLÍTICA INTERIOR, 4. / Daniel Cosío
Villegas (1898-1976). México, D.F.: El Colegio Nacional, 2012. xxx,509p. 24cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus., index, photos. (Obras de Daniel
Cosío Villegas, 10.) ISBN: 978-6077240143.
Essays by pre-eminent 20th-century Mexican scholar, originally published in ninth volume of his Historia moderna de México (19551972), which continued work of eighth volume in studying Mexican political life between 1876 and 1811. Discusses first presidency of
Porfirio Diaz (1877-1880) and administration of his hand-picked successor Manuel González (1880-1884). Includes brief preface by Eduardo Mejía, as well as both of Cosío Villegas’ prologues to original volume.
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Cosío Villegas, Daniel. HISTORIA MODERNA DE MÉXICO: EL PORFIRIATO: LA VIDA POLÍTICA INTERIOR, 5. / Daniel Cosío
Villegas (1898-1976). México, D.F.: El Colegio Nacional, 2012. xxx, 515p. 24cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, index, illus., photos. (Obras de Daniel
Cosío Villegas, 11.) ISBN: 978-6077240358.
See previous description. This is remainder of texts originally published in ninth volume.
$24.65h
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Crespo, María Victoria. DEL REY AL PRESIDENTE: PODER EJECUTIVO, FORMACIÓN DEL ESTADO Y SOBERANÍA EN LA
HISPANOAMÉRICA REVOLUCIONARIA 1810-1826. / María Victoria Crespo. México, D.F.: El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios
Históricos, 2013. 455p. 17cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus. (Jornadas, 162.) ISBN: 978-6074625738.
Studies early experiences in state formation in Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina and proposes new view of presidential power in 19thcentury Latin America. Seeks to understand why presidentialism triumphed over other forms of government as well as influence this institution wielded in shaping nascent and modern states. APPROVALS: UMN, LINGA, UIUC, ASU, UNM, UCSC, KU, TULANE, BANC, UCLA,
VAND, UTA, IAI, UTL, BRN.
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DE LOS COLEGIOS A LAS UNIVERSIDADES: LOS JESUITAS EN EL ÁMBITO DE LA EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR. / Paolo Bianchini, Perla Chinchilla Pawling, Antonella Romano, coordinadores. Lima, Perú; Bogotá, Colombia; & Puebla, México: Universidad del Pacífico; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, 2013. 400p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus., maps, photos.
(1814-2014, Construcción de una Identidad; La Compañía de Jesús antes su restauración.) ISBN: 978-6074172546.
Historical studies on relationship between establishment of schools and construction of Jesuit identity in 19th century. Authors demonstrate Jesuit school’s usefulness as foothold between secular and religious worlds. Number of studies of Jesuit presence in New World
during colonial period has increased noticeably since pope Francis ascended papacy. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, YALE, UMN, UIUC, COL,
NYPL, TULANE, BANC, CHI, UCLA, VAND, UTA, IAI, UTL, CAM.
$36.70s
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LA DISPUTA MEXICANA POR EL PETRÓLEO: VERACRUZ VERSUS LA NACIÓN, 1922-1935. / México, D.F.: Suprema Corte de
Justicia de la Nación, Centro de Documentación y Análisis, Archivos y Compilación de Leyes, 2011. viii,122p. 28cm. Bibl., bibl. notes.
ISBN: 978-6074683837.
Historical study and documents pertaining to judicial conflict between state of Veracruz and Mexican federal government over revenues
that state no longer received when local oil companies were expropriated and their receipts incorporated into federal coffers. Describes situation of federal and state finances at time of conflict and chronicles legal wrangling to decide who had jurisdiction over oil revenues. Presents facsimiles of various 1935-1943 Supreme Court rulings on matter.
$38.95h
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ESTUDIOS HISTÓRICOS SOBRE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN SOCIAL DE LA CIENCIA EN AMÉRICA LATINA. / Luz Fernanda Azuela,
María Luisa Rodríguez-Sala, coordinadoras. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Instituto de Geografía, Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades, 2013. 219p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes,
illus. ISBN: 978-6070248825.
Seven papers on evolution of scientific and technological activity in Mexico, Argentina and Guatemala in 19th and 20th centuries. Covers both institutional and disciplinary aspects, such as history of meteorology in Guatemala, European and American geography in 19thcentury Mexican children’s magazines, creation of Mexico’s Geological Institute in 1891, and others. Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, YALE, NYPL, COL, ASU, UNM, UCSC, TULANE, BANC, CHI, UCLA, UTA, IAI, UTL, BRN, CAM.
$28.80s
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Hensel, Silke. EL DESARROLLO DEL FEDERALISMO EN MÉXICO: LA ELITE POLÍTICA DE OAXACA ENTRE CIUDAD, REGIÓN
Y ESTADO NACIONAL, 1786-1835. / Silke Hensel. San Luis Potosí, México; Morelia, Michoacán; & Oaxaca, México: El Colegio de San
Luis; El Colegio de Michoacán; Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, 2012. 519p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. ISBN: 978-6077751991.
Analyzes Oaxaca’s political development from late colonial age to end of first federal republic in 1836. Details changes in administrative system and representative organs that paralleled formation of republic and system of state representation in national government. Also relates constitutional and political changes with evolution of Oaxaca’s political elite. Originally published in German under title Die Entstehung des Föderlismus en Mexiko: Die politische Elite Oaxaca zwischen Stadt, Region und Staat, 1786-1835 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner
Verlag, 1997).
$36.50s
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HISTORIA: CAMINOS HACIA LA HERMENÉUTICA DE LA RECONSTRUCCIÓN. / María Rosa Palazón Mayoral, Raúl Antonio Buendía Chavarría, compilación, edición e índices. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, 2013. 140p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, index. (Cuadernos del Seminario de Hermenéutica, 7.) ISBN: 978-6070247460.
Essays on philosophy of history, centering on relationship between hermeneutics and history. Authors discuss difference between reconstruction and interpretation, history of hermeneutics in Mexico, Fernández de Lizardi’s initial interpretation of Mexican independence,
and others. Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, NYPL, COL, UNM, TULANE, BANC, CHI, IAI.
$17.55s
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Hubbard Urrea, Enrique. LAS ISLAS MEXICANAS DEL PACÍFICO: TESTIMONIO DE UN DIPLOMÁTICO MEXICANO EN FILIPINAS. / Enrique Hubbard Urrea. Culiacán, Sinaloa: Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, 2013. 157p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus., maps,
photos. (Relaciones Internacionales.) ISBN: 978-6077370055.
Well-informed and engrossing treatise on Republic of the Philippines, its history and peoples, and its relations with Mexico from colonial
times to present. Reveals common roots and surprising similarities with Mexico as well as customs and ethnic diversity. Author is career
diplomat who was Mexico’s ambassador to Belize and Philippines. APPROVALS: IAI.
$18.40s
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Knechtel, Wilhelm. LAS MEMORIAS DEL JARDINERO DE MAXIMILIANO: APUNTES MANUSCRITOS DE MIS IMPRESIONES Y
EXPERIENCIAS PERSONALES EN MÉXICO ENTRE 1864 Y 1867. / Wilhelm Knechtel: Amparo Gómez Tepexicuapan, estudio introductorio; Susanne Igler, traducción del alemán. México, D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2012. 278p. 30cm. Bibl., bibl.
notes, B&W and color illus., photos. ISBN: 978-6074843545.
Reprints memoirs of Austrian botanist appointed “Court Gardener” by Emperor Maximilian for his palace in Mexico City. Knechtel provides detailed account of his travels to, within and from Mexico, his impressions of local culture, flora and fauna, and his thorough execution of tasks entrusted to him. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of images, including great many full-color botanical illustrations from European and Mexican sources, color engravings of scenes from Kenchtel’s travels, architectural diagrams, portraits, and other visual memorabilia. Includes brief historical introduction. High quality reproductions on heavy paper. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, YALE, NYPL, UNM, IAI,
BRN, UCSC, TULANE, BANC, UCLA, CAM.
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Leal, Juan Felipe. AGRUPACIONES Y BUROCRACIAS SINDICALES EN MÉXICO, 1906/1938. / Segunda edición, ampliada. Juan
Felipe Leal. México, D.F.: Juan Pablos Editor, 2012. 241p. 23cm. Bibl. notes, charts, tables. ISBN: 978-6077110873.
Organizational perspectives on origins of Mexican unionism and its evolution from standpoint of internal governance. Posits that in period studied, Mexican unions “rebelled” against respectable participation in capitalist system and explains configuration of socioeconomic,
cultural and political forces that expressed this conflict. Originally published in 1985 (México, D.F.: Terra Nova), this edition includes new
chapter on market crash of 1929 and its impact on industrial and other workers and their organizations in Mexico. Edition limited to 500
copies. APPROVALS: BRN.
$24.70s
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EL PAPEL HISTÓRICO DE LA CONFEDERACIÓN DE TRABAJADORES DE AMÉRICA LATINA: RESOLUCIONES DE SUS
ASAMBLEAS 1938-1954. / México, D.F.: Centro de Estudios Filosóficos, Políticos y Sociales Vicente Lombardo Toledano, 2013. 328p.
22cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, tables. (Obra temática de Vicente Lombardo Toledano.) ISBN: 978-6074660555.
Reproduces resolutions of 12 successive general conferences and meetings of central committee of international labor organization
headed by Vicente Lombardo Toledano (1894-1968). Reflects organization’s struggles and obstacles, particularly confrontations with
“Yankee Imperialism” during cold war and divisionist strategies promoted by foreign monopolies, reactionaries and tyrannical governments.
APPROVALS: HARVD, LINGA, UIUC, NYPL, CU, UNM, TULANE, BANC, CHI, UCLA, IAI, UTL.
$18.95s
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Rodríguez Benítez, Rigoberto; Mario César Islas Flores. VENERANDA BÁTIZ PAREDES: PRIMERA FARMACÉUTICA DEL COLEGIO ROSALES, 1910. / Culiacán, Sinaloa: Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa; Academia de Historia de Sinaloa, 2013. 125p. (plus
24p. unnumbered plates) 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, photos, tables. (Historia.) ISBN: 978-6079230913.
Biography of first woman to graduate with degree in pharmaceutical science from what is today Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa.
Describes her life and work, her wealthy origins and changes brought by 1910-1920 revolution, her religious and philanthropic activities,
and business acumen that helped her build successful drugstore business. Follows course of life of one person (1889-1986) who embodied transition from Porfirian elite to post-revolutionary middle class. APPROVALS: CU, UNM, TULANE, IAI.
$19.95s
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Ruibal Corella, Juan Antonio. PERSONAJES DE LA CIUDAD: NOMBRES DE ALGUNAS DE LAS CALLES MÁS REPRESENTATIVAS DE HERMOSILLO. / Juan Antonio Ruibal Corella. 2a. ed. Hermosillo, Sonora: 2012. v,246p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, photos.
Lawyer, public official and award-winning author of historical essays presents biographical profiles of 88 men and women for whom
streets in Hermosillo, Sonora were named. Offers colorful mosaic of city’s history, accompanied by photograph or illustration of each person, when available, and information about their lives and most notable deeds. APPROVALS: TULANE, IAI.
$28.35s
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 170387
Solares, Ignacio. UN SUEÑO DE BERNARDO REYES. / Ignacio Solares. México, D.F.: Alfaguara, 2013. 124p. 24cm. Bibl., bibl.
notes. ISBN: 978-6071129239.
Poetically written, semi-fictional evocation of life and death of 19th-century politician who was fiercely loyal to Porfirio Díaz and who died
in attempt to wrest power from Diaz’ lawfully elected successor. Seeks to redeem image of man generally regarded as villain, pondering
on his motives, his unrealized possibilities, and his courageous defense of his ideals. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, IAI, UIUC, NYPL, CU, CHI,
TULANE, UTA, UTL, COL.
$25.45s
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LA SUCESIÓN PRESIDENCIAL EN 1910. / Francisco I. Madero; Víctor Alarcón Olguín, prólogo. Guadalajara, Jalisco: Instituto Electoral de Estado de Jalisco, 2012. xxix,349p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. (Clásicos de la Democracia; Pensamiento Democrático en México.)
ISBN: 978-6078054114.
Republishes transcendent 1908 work by politician and ideologue who was Mexico’s 33 president from 1911 until he was assassinated
in 1913. Madero’s treatise fiercely decries Porfirio Díaz dictatorship and brutal repression of workers and indigenous peoples, arguing for
principle of non-reelection of presidents. New prologue by Victor Alarcón provides historical context and highlights aspects of Madero’s
work that remain valid today.
$31.70s
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Vázquez Mantecón, María del Carmen. EL BISONTE DE AMÉRICA: HISTORIA, POLÉMICA Y LEYENDA. / María del Carmen
Vázquez Mantecón. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, 2013. 223p. 23cm.
Bibl., bibl. notes, B&W and color illus., index. (Historia General, 28.) ISBN: 978-6070247552.
Reconstruction of historical accounts and importance of American bison in social history of Mexico and American southwest. Studies
perceptions and representatives of bison in accounts of conquistadors, travelers, governors and scientists, and symbolic and imaginary
universe they inhabited from time they were first observed by western eyes to time of their near extermination at beginning of 20th century.
Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, NYPL, CORNELL, UNM, TULANE, BANC, UTA, IAI.
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Watson Marrón, Gustavo. EL TEMPLO QUE UNIÓ NUEVA ESPAÑA: HISTORIA DEL SANTUARIO Y COLEGIATA DE GUADALUPE, EXTRAMUROS DE MÉXICO, EN EL SIGLO XVIII. / Gustavo Watson Marrón. México, D.F.: Basílica de Guadalupe; Universidad del
Pedregal; Seminario Conciliar de México; Arzobispado de México; ISA Corporativo; Parroquia Santa María de Guadalupe Capuchinas; Miguel Ángel Porrúa, 2012. 1043p. 24cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. (El Derecho; Historia.) ISBN: 978-6074016376.
Well researched study of multiple aspects of Mexico City’s shrine--today basilica--of Virgin of Guadalupe and key figures, institutions
and moments in cult to Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico during first 170 years of its existence. This is doctoral thesis by Catholic priest and
scholar who directs historic archives of both Archdiocese of Mexico City and Basilica of Guadalupe. APPROVALS: HARVD.
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LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Belmar, Francisco. CARTILLA DEL IDIOMA ZAPOTECO SERRANO. / Francisco Belmar. México, D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2011. xiv, 30p. 23cm. Glossary. (Francisco Belmar, 1.) ISBN: 978-6074842494.
Reprints brief 1890 guide to Zapotec language as spoken in mountains of Puebla, written by lawyer and scholar who was judge in town
of Ixtlán de Juárez. Consists of glossary (organized by number of syllables, starting with one and ending with ten), rules on pronunciation,
and samples of texts for reading and speaking. Introduction offers basic information on author and this work.
$12.15s
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Belmar, Francisco. ESTUDIO DEL HUAVE: LENGUAS DEL ESTADO DE OAXACA. / Francisco Belmar. México, D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2011. 111p. 23cm. Glossary. (Francisco Belmar, 8.) ISBN: 978-6074841640.
See previous entry. This is similar work, published in 1901, accompanied by Belmar’s introductory study on origins of Huave people
and classification and comparison of Huave with Maya-Quiche languages. Includes glossary and grammatical-syntactical notes. $13.70s
LITERATURE
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Alonso Coratella, Guadalupe. VÍAS ALTERNAS: CONVERSACIONES SOBRE LITERATURA, PERIODISMO Y HUMANIDADES.
/ Guadalupe Alonso Coratella. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Dirección de Literatura, 2011. 270p. 21cm.
(Textos de Difusión Cultural; Diagonal.) ISBN: 978-6070223518.
Interviews with 20 prominent contemporary poets, novelists and essayists by two-time winner of Mexican national journalism prize.
Alonso delves into their motives and obsessions, and influences and phantoms that underlie their work. Subjects include Carlos Monsiváis, Jorge Volpi, Fabio Morabito, Noam Chomsky, and others. APPROVALS: LC, UGA, HARVD, YALE, IAI, OX, EMU, UIUC, ASU, NYPL,
TULANE, CHI, BL, CORNELL, KU, UTA, CU, UTL, COL.
$26.70s
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Bañuelos, Juan. ESPEJO HUMEANTE. / Juan Bañuelos (1932- ). Guadalajara, Jalisco & Ciudad Obregón, Sonora: Mantis Editores; Escritores de Cajeme, 2012. 131p. 21cm. (Yo'o Joara.) ISBN: 978-6077943532.
Re-publication of 1969 work by founding member of generation of poets who called themselves La espiga amotinada, committed to battle against injustice and new form of radical, revolutionary humanism. This book is representative of clear, luminous style, at once committed and free, that has garnered Bañuelos four national poetry awards. Edition limited to 500 copies.
$21.30s
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Boone, Luis Jorge. LADOS B: ENSAYOS LATERALES. / Luis Jorge Boone. México, D.F. & Mérida, Yucatán: Editorial Jus; Instituto de Cultura de Yucatán, 2011. 155p. 23cm. Bibl. notes. (Contemporáneos.) ISBN: 978-6074121186.
Essays by winner of seven national literary awards, about literature, philosophy and other subjects. Topics range from poetry, stories,
novels, essays and translation to need for transcendence, reincarnation, and existence of God.
$24.35s
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Briones Chaire, Cynthia Elizabeth. EL TESTIMONIO HISTÓRICO EN LA VIDA Y LA PRODUCCIÓN INTELECTUAL DE EFRAÍN
HUERTA, 1914-1982. / Cynthia Elizabeth Briones Chaire. Guanajuato, México: Universidad de Guanajuato, División de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, 2012. 142p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. (Tesis.) ISBN: 978-6074412239.
Intellectual biography of acclaimed poet, originally presented as author’s undergraduate thesis in history at University of Guanajuato.
Chronicles decisive moments in Huerta’s literary career and connections between his personal life and work and other social and literary
movements and events of his time. Edition limited to 250 copies. APPROVALS: IAI, UIUC, NYPL, COL, TULANE, CHI, BL, CAM. $17.35s
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 165721
CALEIDOSCOPIO IX: ESCUELA DE ESCRITORES SOGEM GUADALAJARA. / Guadalajara, Jalisco: La Zonámbula, 2012. 246p.
22cm. (Senda Narrativa.) ISBN: 978-6079193270.
Seventy short stories by 28 authors enrolled in fiction workshop at Guadalajara writers’ school in 2012. Ranging in age from 19 to 60
years, each author offers unique voice and set of themes, in “kaleidoscopic” selection of contemporary literature. Includes biographical
profiles of each author. APPROVALS: LC, IAI, NYPL, COL, TULANE.
$14.95s
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Gómez, Gerson. LA ORQUÍDEA PARÁSITA: ANTOLOGÍA DE LA CRÓNICA URBANA EN NUEVO LEÓN. / Gerson Gómez
(1971- ). Monterrey, Nuevo León: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2012. 343p. 22cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. (Tiempo Guardado.)
ISBN: 978-6074339420.
Compilation of texts written between 1938 and present, blending journalism and literature in genre known as “urban chronicle.” Divided
into thematic sections grouping together essays by grandfathers of genre (Alfonso Reyes, José Pedro Saldaña and Nemesio García) and
essays about personages, remarkable events, nostalgia, travels, rock, literature and others. APPROVALS: UIUC, COL, ASU, TULANE, CHI,
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Grijalva Monteverde, Dina. EROS: JUEGO, PODER Y MUERTE: EL EROTISMO FEMENINO EN LA NARRATIVA DE LUISA VALENZUELA. / Dina Grijalva Monteverde. Culiacán, Sinaloa: Ayuntamiento de Culiacán, Instituto Municipal de Cultura Culiacán, 2011.
234p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. (Palabras del Humaya; Tercera época, 1.) ISBN: 978-6077920205.
Analyzes manifestations of female eroticism in works of Argentina novelist Luisa Valenzuela (1938- ). Explores narrative strategies and
literary resources Valenzuela uses to transmit female desire and love, and analyzes her place in construction of feminine eroticism in Latin
American literature.
$22.35s
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Guadarrama Collado, Antonio. NEZAHUALCÓYOTL: EL DESPERTAR DEL COYOTE. / Antonio Guadarrama Collado (1976- ).
México. D.F. Suma de Letras, 2011. 283p. 24cm. ISBN: 978-6071115089.
Historical novel about famed pre-Columbian poet-king, seeking to illuminate little known facets of his life. Evokes human aspects as
well as pageantry and violence of historical period that gave rise to powerful triple alliance of Texcoco. After Tezozómoc, el tirano olvidado
(2009) this book is second in trilogy about great kings of central Mexico valley. APPROVALS: LC, UGA, HARVD, YALE, IAI, OX, EMU, ASU,
UCR, UCSC, NYPL, TULANE, CHI, KU, UTA, CU, UTL, CAM.
$32.75s
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Guerra Aguiluz, Juan Eulogio. LOS COMBATES DE LA LUZ. / Juan Eulogio Guerra Aguiluz (1930-1982). Culiacán, Sinaloa: Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, 2011. 200p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, photos. (Angular, 2.) ISBN: 978-6077929871.
Anthology of poetry and essays by award-winning writer of Sinaloa, originally published between 1951 and 1982 in literary magazines
Letras de Sinaloa and Presagio. Works demonstrate evolution of author’s political and literary ideas toward creative maturity and freedom
of later years. APPROVALS: ASU, TULANE, IAI, CU.
$17.10s
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Higuera, René. LIGERA. / René Higuera (1982- ). Culiacán, Sinaloa: Instituto Sinaloense de Cultura, 2012. 69p. 18cm. (Biblioteca
de Babel, 9; Poesía.) ISBN: 978-6077756354.
Terse, powerful poetry by young writer from Sinaloa. Higuera lays out poems in tight boxes or columns diagramming tension between
restraint and rebellion. APPROVALS: IAI, COL, TULANE.
$19.95s
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 166562
López Romero, Berenice. CARTOGRAFÍA INTERIOR. / Berenice López Romero (1984- ). Guanajuato, México: Ediciones La Rana,
2012. 76p. 14cm. (Formato Portátil.) ISBN: 978-6078069644.
Pocket-sized book of poetry by writer and philosopher. Poems strive to name, define and share experience of inhabiting city of Guanajuato. Edition limited to 300 copies. APPROVALS: IAI, NYPL, COL, TULANE.
$14.50s
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 165539
MUNDOS REPRESENTADOS: LECTURA Y ESCRITURA DE LOS ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS. / Mailing Rivera Lam …[et
al.]; Mailing Rivera Lam, Francisco González Gaxiola, coordinadores. Hermosillo, Sonora & Antofagasta, Chile: Universidad de Sonora;
Universidad de Antofagasta, 2011. 292p. 25cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, graphs, maps, photos, tables. ISBN: 978-6078158331.
Results of research into reading habits and comprehension among university students of Chile and Mexico. Analysis is based on survey of three universities in Antofagasta, Chile, and Sonora and Tlaxcala in Mexico. Continues work of first volume (published in 2008) by
studying more recent social representations regarding reading and writing of texts. Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: TULANE,
IAI, CU.
$51.85s
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Padilla, Eduardo. MAUSOLEO Y ÁREAS COLINDANTES. / Eduardo Padilla (1976- ). Guanajuato, México: Ediciones La Rana,
2012. 88p. 14cm. (Formato Portátil.) ISBN: 978-6078069637.
Small-format edition of poems and poetic prose by translator and writer from Vancouver. Mood is dark but calm, communicating latent,
inexorable undertone of violence and destruction. Edition limited to 300 copies. APPROVALS: IAI, NYPL, COL, TULANE.
$12.50s
PLEASE SPECIFY: ITEM 169432
Pérez Martínez, Herón. SOR JUANA INÉS DE LA CRUZ: UNA POESÍA AL CRISOL DE LA VIDA. / Herón Pérez Martínez. Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua: Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, 2012. 367p. 22cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. ISBN: 978-6079224967.
New insights into intersection of life and works of Sor Juana in context of 17th-century Mexico and its intellectual climate. Reviews
basic information as well as new findings that include previously unknown texts and discoveries. Concludes that tensions between writer’s
intellectual quest and limitations imposed by her vows and convent life were central to her work. Finishes with brief dramatic piece that
brings Sor Juana together with literary figures of subsequent centuries. Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: UGA, UMN, IAI, OX,
EMU, LINGA, UIUC, MSU, CORNELL, ASU, UCSC, TULANE, CHI, BL, UCLA, KU, VAND, UTL, CAM, COL.
$19.95s
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Pey, Serge. NIERIKA: CANTOS DE VISIÓN DE LA CONTRAMONTAÑA. POEMAS TRADUCIDOS DEL PEYOTE. / Serge Pey;
Enrique Flores, Adán Medellín, traducción. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 2012. 236p. 30cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, glossary, illus., photos, scores. ISBN: 978-6070236969 (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México); 978-6075161471 (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes).
Monumental work of ethno-poetry by French poet and performance artist who studied under various Wixarika (Huichol) shamans in
Mexico, evoking his visions and experiences. Copiously illustrated with author’s own drawings and other images and accompanied by two
essays on this book and interview with Serge Pey by one of its translators. Originally published in French under title Nierika ou les chants
de vision de la contra-montagne (Saint-Martin-d’Hère, France: Maison de la Poésie Rhône-Alpes, 2006). APPROVALS: VAND, UTA.$29.45s
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Rosiles Aguado, Patricia Norma. EL DÍA DE SAN JUAN. / Patricia Norma Rosiles Aguado. Guanajuato, México: Ediciones La Rana, 2012. 142p. 17cm. (Formato Portátil.) ISBN: 978-6078069620.
Historical novel about confrontation in which residents of Uriangato, Guanajuato defended themselves against notorious, early 20thcentury local bandit, J. Inés Chávez García. Told from perspective of two local children, book weaves together force of oral narrative with
portrait of local peoples. Edition limited to 300 copies. APPROVALS: IAI, NYPL, COL, TULANE.
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SOLO CUENTO AÑO IV, Tomo IV, 2012. / Eduardo Antonio Parra, compilador. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Dirección de Literatura, 2012. xvi,384p. 20cm. (Sólo Cuento, 4.) ISBN: 978-6070234323.
Anthology of 25 short stories by contemporary authors in Spanish language (mostly Mexican). Texts are divided into thematic sections
entitled "El Camino de los Sentimientos," "Bajo el mismo Cielo," "Vivir Puede Matar," "En Otra Dimensión," and “Íntimos Infiernos.” Each
story is accompanied by one-page biblio-biographical profile of author. Includes works by Angel Santiesteban, José Agustín, Hector de
Mauleón, Rafael Pérez Gay and Elena Poniatowska, among others. APPROVALS: IAI, OX, NYPL.
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Téllez, Jorge. POÉTICAS DEL NUEVO MUNDO: ARTICULACIÓN DEL PENSAMIENTO POÉTICO EN AMÉRICA COLONIAL, SIGLOS XVI, XVII Y XVIII. / Jorge Téllez (1980- ). México, D.F.; Culiacán, Sinaloa; & Hermosillo, Sonora: Siglo XXI Editores; Universidad
Autónoma de Sinaloa; El Colegio de Sonora, 2012. 231p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. (Lingüística y Teoría Literaria.) ISBN: 978-6070304415.
Studies production and reception of poetry in New World based on 16th-18th century poetic panegyrics, defenses, critical and instructive
texts. Traces origins of colonial poetic discourse in Greek and Latin tradition through medieval, renaissance and baroque ages and argues
that poetic creation and criticism in this time evidenced more continuity than break with previous trends.
$25.65s
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Villoro, Carmen. ESPIGA ANTES DEL VIENTO: ANTOLOGÍA. / Carmen Villoro. Guadalajara, Jalisco: Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco, 2011. 196p. 24cm. (Clásicos Jaliscienses.) ISBN: 978-6079016494.
Compilation of works by prolific and critically-acclaimed poet who is also practicing psychoanalyst. Selection exemplifies Villoro’s broad
range of themes played out in minutiae of daily existence and objects. Includes introduction by Jorge Orendáin discussing Villoro’s life and
work and lines of communication between psychoanalysis and poetry.
$26.80h
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VOCES Y VISIONES III Y IV: CUENTOS Y LEYENDAS DEL SUR DE SONORA. / José Enrique Vilches Valenzuela, Saúl Robles García, coordinadores. Hermosillo, Sonora: Universidad de Sonora, 2011. 232p. 22cm. Illus. ISBN: 978-6078158072.
Compilation of local folk tales and legends, narrated or submitted by participants in university contest. Stories tell of haunted houses,
enchanted caves, ghosts, apparitions and other supernatural events. Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: IAI, ASU, TULANE, CHI,
CORNELL, CU, COL.
$28.95s
MEDICINE & PUBLIC HEALTH
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LOS DETERMINANTES SOCIALES DE LA SALUD EN MÉXICO. / Rolando Cordera, Ciro Murayama, coordinadores. México, D.F.:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Secretaría de Desarrollo Institucional; Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2012. 654p. 23cm.
Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, graphs, maps, tables. (Biblioteca de la Salud; Testimonios.) ISBN: 978-6071612151.
Eleven essays by specialists in various fields of public health, concerning social roots of illness and access to medical care in Mexico.
Discusses demographic, epidemiological and regional transitions and their relationship to health; impact of poverty, nutrition, environment,
habitat, and education on morbidity and mortality; reflects on new social risks and issue of health care as fundamental human rights. Final
chapter analyzes Mexico’s model for institutional health care and its impact on quality and scope of medical attention to populace. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, YALE, UMN, EMU, UIUC, MSU, NYPL, COL, ASU, UNM, UCSC, KU, TULANE, BANC, CHI, UCLA, VAND, UTA,
IAI, UTL, CAM.
$39.65s
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INFORME MÉXICO SOBRE LOS DETERMINANTES SOCIALES DE LA SALUD: SÍNTESIS EJECUTIVA = SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, MEXICO REPORT: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. / México, D.F.: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica, 2013.
138,137p. 28cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, color charts, color graphs, maps, tables. ISBN: 978-6077843986.
Discusses and analyzes results of recent government-sponsored study to discover how and to what extent different variables, healthrelated or otherwise, affect standards of living among Mexicans. First section consists of analytical papers by important scholars such as
Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas, Pedro Salazar Ugarte and others. Second pinpoints specific areas of concern and last puts forth proposals on
large scale public policy and institutional responses to address health inequities. Includes full translation of all texts and graphs to English.
APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, NYPL, CU, ASU, TULANE, BANC, CHI, UTA, IAI, UTL.
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MUSIC
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Barahona Londoño, Andrés. LAS MÚSICAS JAROCHAS ¿DE DÓNDE SON?: UN ACERCAMIENTO ETNOMUSICOLÓGICO A
LA HISTORIA DEL SON JAROCHO. / Andrés Barahona Londoño. Xalapa, Veracruz: Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz, Instituto Veracruzano de la Cultura; Testimonios Son; 2013. xxx,811p. 28cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus., photos, scores. (Testimonios Jarochos.) ISBN:
978-6079038342.
Extensive cultural history of music genre native to state of Veracruz, born out of blending of indigenous, Spanish and African musical
traditions. Book’s 15 well-researched chapters describe pre-Hispanic underpinnings of Mexican culture and reconstruct racial and cultural
confluents in birth of son style. They also recount its regional manifestations and typical instruments, role of fandango festival in social life,
evolution of genre over five centuries, and relate many modern-day institutions, festivals, and trends. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, BANC, BL,
CHI, NYPL, CORNELL, ASU, UNM, UCR, NMSU, FRONT, UTA, IAI.
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Garcia de León, Antonio. FANDANGO: EL RITUAL DEL MUNDO JAROCHO A TRAVÉS DE LOS SIGLOS. / Antonio García de
León. Primera reimpresión, 2009. México, D.F.: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 2006. 311p. 22cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, B&W
and color illus., scores. ISBN: 970-3511155.
Generous overview of traditional southern Veracruz festival combining music, dance and song. First part analyzes historic, musical, literary and social aspects that formed tradition, based on written as well as oral sources. Second part presents collection of documents—
travelers’ accounts and articles by local observers covering past three centuries, from colonial age to works about son jarocho and fandango by modern musicologist. Includes scores, lyrics, and many illustrations reproducing paintings and engravings depicting various facets of
tradition.
$45.85s
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION
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FILOSOFÍA E HISTORIA DE LAS IDEAS E IDEOLOGÍA EN AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE. / Adalberto Santana Hernández, coordinador. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2011. 304p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. (Colección Estudios Latinoamericanos en la UNAM, 4.) ISBN: 978-6070223280.
Papers by professors and students in post-graduate Latin American studies program at UNAM, on ideas and philosophies that shaped
region’s history and culture and continue to characterize it today. First part compares “universal” to Latin American philosophy; second addresses matters of philosophy, aesthetics and literature; third contains essays in political thought and ideologies in region; and last presents studies on ideas and culture. Contributors include leading scholars like Enrique Dussel, Horacio Cerutti Guldberg, and others. APPROVALS: LC, UGA, HARVD, YALE, UMN, MSU, ASU, UNM, UCR, UCSC, KU, NYPL, TULANE, BANC, CHI, NMSU, CORNELL, VAND,
UTA, IAI, CU, UTL, BRN, CAM.
$35.70s
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Ímaz, Eugenio. OBRAS REUNIDAS, 2 Tomos: Tomo I: ENSAYOS Y NOTAS; Tomo II: SOBRE DILTHEY Y LA PSICOLOGÍA. /
Eugenio Ímaz (1900-1951). México, D.F.: El Colegio de México, 2011. 2 vols.; v.1: 691p.; v.2: 571p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus., indexes, photos. ISBN: 978-6074623482.
Collected works of Spanish scholar known for his philosophical writings and his translations of Dilthey, Burckhardt, Cassirer and Kant.
Contents illustrate evolution of his ideas from earliest politico-philosophical writings in 1933 to last works. Second volume includes 400
pages of essays on German philosopher and psychologist Wilhelm Dilthey. Includes critical-biographical profile by Javier Garciadiego entitled “Eugenio Ímaz, el Sócrates del exilio” and complete bibliography of works by and about Ímaz. APPROVALS: IAI.
$178.70s set
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Moral, Ángel del. HACIA UN DIÁLOGO ENTRE ENCUENTROS: PISTAS PARA UNA HERMENÉUTICA ANALÓGICA DE LA INTERCULTURALIDAD. / Ángel del Moral (1963- ); Mauricio Beuchot, prólogo. Guanajuato & Aguascalientes, México: Universidad de
Guanajuato, División de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades; Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, 2013. 392p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl.,
notes. (Pliegofilosofía.) ISBN: 978-6074412550 (Universidad de Guanajuato); 978-6078285761 (Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes).
Philosophical argument for inter-cultural tolerance and communication in age of globalization. Applies analogical reasoning to problem
of establishing inter-cultural dialogue in order to avoid absolutism and excessive relativism or particularism. APPROVALS: IAI.
$17.10s
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PARA ENTENDER Y PENSAR LA LAICIDAD, 3 Tomos. / Pedro Salazar Ugarte, Pauline Capdevielle, coordinadores. México, D.F.:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Procesal Constitucional; Instituto Federal Electoral, 2013.
3 vols.: v.1: 544p.; v.2: 558p.; v.3: 508p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, illus., tables. (El Derecho; Sociología.) ISBN: 978-6074017205.
Ambitious three-volume compilation of essays about history, evolution and universal relevance of principle of separation of church and
state, in Spain, France, Italy, Colombia, Argentina, and Mexico. First volume contains preliminary essays by José Narro Robles, Francisco
Arroyo Vieyra and Leonardo Valdés Zurita, along with introduction by Pedro Salazar Ugarte on urgent need for ongoing discussion of this
issue. Remainder of first volume and other two volumes contain papers by Latin American and European scholars of caliber of Diego Valadés, Pierluigi Chiassoni, Carlos Martinez Asssad and Jean-Francois Bayart. Essays deal with such aspects as ideas of Benito Juárez;
contributions of Bertrand Russell and Norberto Bobbio; church, state and justice in Colombia and dilemmas of religion-based conscientious
objection. APPROVALS: LC, NYPL, CU, TULANE, BANC, IAI, UTL.
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EL PENSAMIENTO LATINOAMERICANO Y EL CENTENARIO DE LEOPOLDO ZEA, 1912-2012. / Adalberto Santana, coordinador.
México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigación sobre América Latina y el Caribe, 2013. 214p. 21cm.
Bibl. notes. (Filosofía e Historia de las Ideas en América Latina y el Caribe, 17.) ISBN: 978-6070250521.
Essays about ideas and achievements of esteemed Mexican philosopher and promoter of Latin America. Divided into sections on his
philosophy and thought, his work at helm of various cultural journals, and his role in education, specifically creation of field of Latin American Studies. Edition limited to 250 copies. APPROVALS: NYPL, IAI, UTL.
$29.95s
POLITICS, POLITICAL SCIENCE & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
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AGUA Y TERRITORIO: DERECHOS DE LOS CIUDADANOS Y ORGANIZACIÓN ADMINISTRATIVA. / Judith Domínguez Serrano,
coordinadora. Jiutepec, Morelos & México, D.F.: Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua; El Colegio de México, 2013. 366p. 22cm.
Bibl., bibl. notes, graphs, maps, photos, tables. (Agua y Sociedad.) ISBN: 978-6077563815.
Articles by Mexican and Spanish scholars on problems of water and territory, from institutional and legal perspectives. Authors analyze
difficulties of articulating water resource planning with territorial concerns, such as legal mechanisms for cross-border water sharing and
treaties signed to this effect. Other chapters consider problem of water as public service, and legal and financial issues involved in charging citizens and industries for access to vital liquid. APPROVALS: HARVD, BANC, NYPL, CU, ASU, UNM, CHI, STAN, IAI, UTA.
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Arellano, Emilio. ADOLFO LÓPEZ MATEOS: UNA NUEVA HISTORIA. / Emilio Arellano. México, D.F.: Planeta Editorial, 2013.
214p. 23cm. Photos. ISBN: 978-6070717901.
Affectionate and admiring biography of man who was Mexican president from 1958 to 1964, known for nationalization of electrical industry and balance between conservative and liberal forces in his government. Based on author’s personal knowledge (he is relative) and
interviews with many who knew López Mateos, details aspects of his life and work. Book is without footnotes nor bibliography, but acknowledges contributions of many family members, descendants and others who knew or respected president. APPROVALS: LC, UMN, LINGA,
UIUC, NYPL, CU, ASU, UNM, UCSC, KU, TULANE, BANC, CHI, UCLA, IAI, UTL.
$27.95s
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CALEIDOSCOPIO DE LA INNOVACIÓN DEMOCRÁTICA EN AMÉRICA LATINA. / Yanina Welp, Laurence Whitehead, compiladores. México, D.F.; Oxford, England; & Aarau, Switzerland: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales; Oxford University; Centre for
Research on Direct Democracy, 2011. 169p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, tables. ISBN: 978-6077629412.
Six papers presented at 2010 conference in Toulouse, France, on old and new paths to political participation in Latin America. Includes
papers on Brazil, Costa Rica and Mexico, dealing with issues such as participative budget planning, electoral reform, ombudsman for citizens’ rights, and other concepts. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, YALE, UMN, MSU, NYPL, ASU, UNM, TULANE, BANC, UTA, IAI, CU, UTL,
CAM.
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LA CIENCIA POLÍTICA EN MÉXICO HOY: ¿QUÉ SABEMOS? / Francisco Reveles Vázquez, coordinador. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales; Plaza y Valdés, 2012. 374p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes,
graphs, tables. (Política.) ISBN: 978-6070236129 (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México); 978-6074025903 (Plaza y Valdés).
Overview of political science field and its context in Mexico today. First part evaluates current state of discipline and second focuses on
current research into fundamental issues such as presidentialism, parliament, elections, parties, corporativism and unionism, leadership,
cultural politics, citizenship and educational policy. APPROVALS: IAI.
$36.70s
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LA CRISIS DE LAS INSTITUCIONES POLÍTICAS EN MÉXICO. / Fernando Castañeda, Angélica Cuéllar, Edith Kuri, coordinadores.
México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, 2011. 222p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes,
graphs, tables. ISBN: 978-6070223105.
Five essays identifying and analyzing current crisis in Mexican political institutions, particularly in its three leading parties. First trilogy
of essays discusses vicissitudes of PRI, PAN and PRD. Next discusses failings of special federal prosecutor to pursue past political repressions and human rights violations. Final study considers recent Supreme Court ruling on excessive use of force and other human
rights abuses in 2006 uprising in Atenco, state of Mexico. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, YALE, EMU, UIUC, ASU, UNM, KU, NYPL, DUKE,
TULANE, CHI, CORNELL, UCLA, VAND, UTA, IAI, CU, UTL.
$37.85s
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DEMOCRACIA, DESARROLLO Y COOPERACIÓN INTERNACIONAL. / Carlos Uscanga Prieto…[et al.], Citlali Ayala Martínez, coordinadora. México. D.F.: Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora, 2011. 205p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, indices. (Cooperación Internacional.) ISBN: 978-6077673626.
Specialists in international relations analyze relationship between democracy and development from standpoint of international cooperation. Shares experiences and approaches to democracy from three perspectives: geo-politics, theoretical and practical aspects, and gender equity. Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, YALE, NYPL, TULANE, CHI, UTA, IAI, CU.
$19.45s
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Franco Craviota, Salvador. DURA VERITAS SED VERITAS: LA SABIDURÍA TEMPRANA. / Salvador Franco Cravioto. Pachuca,
Hidalgo: Gobierno del Estado de Hidalgo, 2013. 213p. 23cm. Bibl. notes.
Compilation of journalistic pieces by local columnist and historian published in Hidalgo state local newspapers between 2004 and 2011.
Articles deal with wide range of themes, time periods and regions of world, from current events to universal culture, to animal rights. Divided into sections on history and biography, politics and law, environment and sustainable development, education and values, and art and
culture. APPROVALS: NYPL, CORNELL, TULANE, IAI.
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García Guzmán, Ricardo. TESTIMONIO PROBADO. / Ricardo García Guzmán. México, D.F.: Plaza y Valdés, 2013. 258p. 23cm.
Bibl., photos. ISBN: 978-6074026139.
Reflections and recollections by former state treasurer of Veracruz about people he has known or who influenced him and society at
large. Most texts were originally broadcast in author’s radio show of same name, which covered his home town of Panuca, where he was
at one time congressional representative. Subjects include persons ranging from Alfred Hitchcock to Demosthenes to Margaret Thatcher,
Michael Jordan, Cantinflas, and Octavio Paz. APPROVALS: HARVD, NYPL, CU, TULANE, IAI.
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IZQUIERDAS MEXICANAS EN EL SIGLO XXI: PROBLEMAS Y PERSPECTIVAS, ENTREVISTAS. / Hugo Aboites…[et al.]. México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades 2013. 223p. 22cm.
Index. ISBN: 978-6070248696.
Student conducted interviews with important leftist intellectuals and ideologues such as Enrique Semo, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Héctor
Díaz-Polanco, Lorenzo Meyer and others. Purpose is to strengthen historical memory of Mexican left and to create material for contemporary political reflection. Each subject answers same eight questions, reflecting on definition of left in general and its particularities in Mexico, practical and theoretic education of leftists, challenges and strategies of today’s left, and others. Edition limited to 300 copies. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, UMN, LINGA, MSU, NYPL, CU, UCSC, TULANE, BANC, CHI, IAI, UTL.
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EL MÉXICO DEL 2012: REFORMAS A LA HACIENDA PÚBLICA Y AL SISTEMA DE PROTECCIÓN SOCIAL. / México, D.F.: Centro
de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias, 2012. 181p. 31cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, graphs, color photos, tables. ISBN: 978-6078036158.
Collective work by 30 noted specialists who met in 2010 and 2011 to analyze content, aims and scope of Mexican federal budget and
reform of social security system (finally passed by Mexican congress in March 2014). Systematically sets forth context and diagnosis of
existing system and reasoned presentation of solutions to problems of tax evasion, budget deficits, funding of public works, universal social
security (available currently only to workers in formal sector) and other issues. Includes profiles of each contributor to these discussions.
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MÉXICO Y EL CARIBE: VISIONES Y REFLEXIONES. / Claudia González Gómez, Margarita Espinosa Blas, coordinadoras. Querétaro, México; [Morelia, Michoacán]; & México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro; Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigación sobre América Latina y el Caribe, 2011. 193p. 22cm. Bibl.,
bibl. notes. (Serie Historia.) ISBN: 978-6077740964 (UAQ); 978-6070226977 (UNAM); 978-6074242546 (UMSNH).
Sampling of new perspectives and analyses of recent history of Mexico and Caribbean region. Includes studies of Soviet historiography of Cuba, Mexican relations with Dominican Republic in context of cold war, evolution of salsa music and dance form from traditional
“hard salsa” of past to more palatable line dancing forms of today, and other topics. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, YALE, EMU, UIUC, BANC,
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Peralta Varela, Carlos Armando. LA COTIDIANIDAD DE LA DEMOCRACIA PARTICIPATIVA: JUNTAS DE GOBIERNO Y CONSEJOS CIUDADANOS. / Carlos Armando Peralta Varela. Tlaquepaque, Jalisco: Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, 2013. 379p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, tables. (Alternativas al Desarrollo.) ISBN: 978-6077808930.
Analyzes participation by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in institutional spaces created by Mexican government to encourage
civic involvement in public policy design. Assesses possibilities and limitations of NGOs, based on recent interaction with three state government agencies: council for prevention of domestic violence, Institute for Women, and state youth council. Concludes with recommendations for NGOs on increasing their efficiency and efficacy. APPROVALS: LC, BANC, NYPL, CU, ASU, TULANE, CHI, IAI.
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Pereyra, Carlos. SOBRE LA DEMOCRACIA. / Carlos Pereyra (1940-1988); Luis Salazar Carrión, prólogo. Guadalajara, Jalisco:
Instituto Electoral de Estado de Jalisco, 2012. xxiv,405p. 23cm. (Clásicos de la Democracia; Pensamiento Democrático en México.)
ISBN: 978-6078054176.
Compilation of essays by renowned political analyst and philosopher, first published two years after his death. Pereyra reflects on difficulties of Latin American democracies--from both theoretic and concrete perspectives--on obstacles and possibilities to democratization of
Mexican s tate and society. Originally published in 1990 (México, D.F.: Cal y Arena), this edition includes new prologue on continuing importance of Pereyra’s ideas today.
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Pérez Torres, Daniel Enrique. LAS ZONAS METROPOLITANAS DE MÉXICO: ESTRUCTURACIÓN URBANA, GOBIERNO Y GOBERNANZA. / Daniel Enrique Pérez Torres. México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Difusión Cultural, 2013. 318p., plus
CD-ROM. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, graphs, maps, tables. ISBN: 978-6072800847.
Cross-disciplinary study of challenges and opportunities faced by agglomerations of Mexican cities and towns that coalesce into metropolitan areas that, despite containing vast majority of nation’s population, lack independent juridical status under current national legal system. Reflects on experiences of other nations that have chosen to create unified metropolitan governments and others that have opted to
maintain fragmented governments within each metropolitan area. Considers political, territorial, economic, and legal repercussions of each
model. Accompanying CD-ROM contains 62-page PDF file presenting statistics on employment and density in Mexican metropolitan areas
and respective political divisions and municipalities they encompass. APPROVALS: HARVD, NYPL, CU, ASU, UNM, UCSC, TULANE, CHI,
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Rabell García, Enrique; Gabriela Nieto Castillo, Juan Ricardo Jiménez Gómez. FEDERALISMO EN MÉXICO. / Enrique Rabell
García, Gabriela Nieto Castillo, Juan Ricardo Jiménez Gómez. Querétaro, México & México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro;
Miguel Angel Porrúa, 2013. 124p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, tables. (La Historia.) ISBN: 978-6074018134.
Study of federalist system and its evolution and application in Mexico. Discusses scope and limits established in constitution regarding
division of responsibilities between federal, state and municipal governments to determine degree of states’ autonomy and address balance of powers in Mexican federalist system. APPROVALS: BANC, CU, TULANE, CHI, IAI, UTL.
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Méndez Fierros, Hugo. AGENTES LOCALES, COMUNICACIÓN MEDIÁTICA Y REDES DE POLÍTICA GLOBALES: LA CONSTRUCCIÓN SIMBÓLICA DEL PROBLEMA PÚBLICO DEL AGUA. / Hugo Méndez Fierros. México, D.F. & Mexicali, Baja California: Jorale Editores; Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, 2011. 167p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, graphs, tables. (Universitaria.)
ISBN: 978-6077522096.
Explores relationship between symbolic representations of water use produced by multi-national companies with ties to political networks, and those constructed by local media (particularly in northern Mexico) with closer ties to communities affected by water scarcity and
management. Purpose is to determine nature of social discourse over water in Mexico.
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MIRADAS DE LA COMUNICACIÓN: ENTRE LA MULTIDISCIPLINA Y LA ESPECIALIZACIÓN. / Caridad García Hernández, Omar
Raúl Martínez Sánchez, editores. México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Cuajimalpa, 2013. 183p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl.
notes, graphs, illus., photos, tables. ISBN: 978-6072801271.
Members of Communication Department at Mexico City university share progress and results of recent research in educational, scientific, political, organizational and cultural communications. Topics range from use and exploitation of information and communication technologies by students to political and electoral realities of modern Mexico to philosophical and epistemological reflections on scientific research. APPROVALS: HARVD, NYPL, CU, ASU, TULANE, BANC, CHI, IAI, UTL.
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LOS TRAZOS DE LAS CIENCIAS: CIRCULACIÓN DEL CONOCIMIENTO EN IMÁGENES. / Eke Köppen, Mauricio Sánchez Menchero, coordinadores. México, D.F.: UNAM, Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades, 2013. 197p. 23cm.
Bibl., bibl. notes, B&W and color illus., maps, B&W and color photos. (Debate y Reflexión, 52.) ISBN: 978-6070248672.
Essays by scientists, sociologists, communication experts and art historians on images created over centuries for scientific, didactic
and diagnostic purposes. Topics range from 18th-century morality and medical illustrations about infancy and childhood, educational films
in 19th-20th century Mexico, images of medical radiology, etc. Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, NYPL, CU, TULANE,
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LEGADO ASTRONÓMICO. / J. Daniel Flores Gutiérrez, Margarita Rosado Solís, José Franco López, coordinadores. México, D.F.:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Astronomía, 2011. 350p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, graphs, illus, maps,
photos, tables. ISBN: 978-6070221217.
Essays on history of astronomy in Mexico, from pre-Hispanic era to present. Divided into three sections: First describes formal establishment of astronomy as scientific field, and 19th- and 20th century institutions that took part in process; second highlights achievements
and contributions of seven influential scholars of that period; and last (and largest) contains papers on astronomy, ethnography, and culture
among ancient Mexican peoples and in modern art and society. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, YALE, UMN, EMU, UIUC, ASU, UNM, UCR,
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Adame Cerón, Miguel Ángel. CRÍTICA MARXISTA A SOCIOANTROPOLOGÍAS EN LA POS (SOBRE, TRANS E HIPER) MODERNIDAD. / Miguel Ángel Adame Cerón (1957- ). México, D.F.: Ediciones Navarra; Editorial Itaca: 2013. 412p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, index. ISBN: 978-6078132188.
Discusses from Marxist perspective recent “postmodernizing” trends in anthropology and ethnography and in other social disciplines.
Elucidates relationship between Marxism and sociology and anthropology in works of European, American and Latin American authors,
specifically those who have sought to describe and interpret socio-cultural phenomenon of capitalist “post-, over- and hyper-modernity.”
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CHIHUAHUA: GANADERÍA Y CULTURA DEL SEPTENTRIÓN. / Sofía Pérez Martínez, Federico J. Mancera-Valencia, coordinadores. Chihuahua, México: Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua; Instituto Chihuahuense de la Cultura; Unión Ganadera Regional de Chihuahua, 2013. 358p. 29cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, maps, B&W and color photos, tables. ISBN: 978-9685965347.
Richly researched and illustrated celebration of livestock farming and its centrality to economic and social life in northern Mexico since
colonial period. Includes discussion by scholars and experts of such themes as eco-systems and their relationship to livestock farming,
history of livestock farming in state, past and current economic development, daily life of farmers and workers, cowboy culture and cuisine,
festivals, and music. Includes hundreds of stunning full-color photographs of haciendas, landscapes, cattle, cattle farmers and farmhands
and many other images. High quality reproductions on heavy paper. APPROVALS: CORNELL, TULANE, IAI.
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CONOCIMIENTO Y ACCIÓN: RELACIONES HISTÓRICAS DE LA CIENCIA, LA TECNOLOGÍA Y LA SOCIEDAD EN MÉXICO. /
Juan José Saldaña, coordinador. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Plaza y Valdés, 2013. 239p. 23cm. Bibl.,
bibl. notes, graphs, illus., photos, tables. (Ciencia y Tecnología.) ISBN: 978-6074025965.
Essays exploring political uses of science and technology during 19th and 20th centuries. Includes general considerations on relationship between science and society; various studies of government promotion of science, technology and education during Porfirian age of
modernization and industrialization; plus one study on dawn of poultry pigmentation in 1960s and 1970s. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, LINGA,
UIUC, NYPL, CU, ASU, UNM, TULANE, BANC, CHI, UCLA, VAND, UTA, IAI.
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DESARROLLO REGIONAL EN MÉXICO: HACIA UNA AGENDA PARA SU DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO Y SOCIAL CON SUSTENTABILIDAD. / Carlos Bustamante Lemus, director. México, D.F. & Aguascalientes, México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas; Asociación Mexicana de Ciencias para el Desarrollo Regional; Universidad Autónoma de
Aguascalientes, 2013. 410p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, graphs, maps, tables. (La Región Hoy.) ISBN: 978-6070242823 (UNAM);
978-6078285808 (Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes).
Compilation of essays that analyze and propose solutions to Mexico’s regional economic and social inequalities. Organized into five
parts: paradigms of regional analysis; public regional and urban development policy; environment and sustainable development; industry
development, clusters and innovation; and proposed agenda for sustainable regional development. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, UMN, UIUC,
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Duarte, Juan Ignacio. EXPROPIACIÓN Y CONFLICTO SOCIAL EN CINCO METRÓPOLIS LATINOAMERICANAS. / Juan Ignacio
Duarte. México, D.F. & Cambridge, Mass.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales; Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2013. 514p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, graphs, maps, tables. ISBN: 978-6070246050.
Ten studies of expropriation for reasons of eminent domain in several Latin American countries. Identifies conflicts that have arisen as
result. Authors examine issues such as cases where expropriation is justified, how compensation is determined, and nature of opposition
movements in countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico. Edition limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, YALE,
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Franco Muñoz, Rodrigo. RENOVACIÓN URBANA Y CENTRALIDAD EN AGUASCALIENTES: EL PAPEL DE LA CIUDAD HISTÓRICA EN EL MARCO DE LA EXPANSIÓN DE LA CIUDAD. / Rodrigo Franco Muñoz. Aguascalientes, México: Universidad Autónoma
de Aguascalientes, 2013. 258p. 22cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, graphs, color maps, color photos, tables. ISBN: 978-6078285792.
Documents and analyzes gradual transformation of historic downtown Aguascalientes through demolition of older structures and construction of new ones, driving out residents and creating new retail- and service-oriented district. Contains valuable compendium of maps
showing structures demolished by district and by time period between 1970 and 2008, and more than 300 color photographs of historical
buildings that are in poor repair and/or in danger of demolition today. APPROVALS: BANC, CORNELL, TULANE, IAI.
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MOVILIDAD SOCIAL EN MÉXICO: CONSTANTES DE LA DESIGUALDAD. / Raymundo M. Campos Vázquez, Juan Enrique Huerta
Wong, Roberto Vélez Grajales, editores. México, D.F.: Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias, 2012. 393p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes,
charts, graphs, index, tables. ISBN: 978-6078036165.
Articles applying various methodological approaches and perspectives to study of social mobility and almost complete lack thereof in
Mexico today. Authors discuss methods for measuring social mobility, its implications for political preferences and support for redistribution
of income, role of education in encouraging it, and other aspects. APPROVALS: IAI.
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NUEVOS SENDEROS PARA LA SIERRA OCCIDENTAL DE JALISCO. / Misael Gradilla Damy, coordinador. Puerto Vallarta & Guadalajara, Jalisco: Centro Universitario de la Costa; Orgánica Editores, 2012. 130p. 23cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, glossary, maps, color photos,
tables. ISBN: 978-6078113118.
Six papers on economic, social and environmental problems of mountainous region in western Jalisco, their origins, manifestations and
possible solutions. Authors examine problems of access to higher education, management of natural resources by rural communities, poverty and environmental deterioration, local-global dynamics and proposed solutions in form of micro-businesses and household production.
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Olmedo, Raúl. ORGANIZACIÓN Y POBREZA: LOS GRANDES DESAFÍOS. / México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, 2011. 201p. 21cm. Bibl. notes. (Para Comprender a México, 3.) ISBN: 978-6070227578.
Reflections on two complex and overarching problems of modern-day Mexico: political organization and poverty. First part discusses
roots of poverty and strategies and ideas for changing its course, and second explains how bottom-up autonomous collective organization
can help nation’s poor. Final chapter points to two methodological failures in predominant analysis of Mexico’s economic, social and political reality.
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PROGRAMA NACIONAL PARA PREVENIR Y ELIMINAR LA DISCRIMINACIÓN 2012. / México, D.F.: Consejo Nacional para Prevenir la Discriminación, 2012. 59p. 27cm. Bibl., bibl. notes. ISBN: 978-6077514534.
Presents background and content of Mexico’s chief public policy instrument for battling discrimination. Explains its regulatory framework, conceptual underpinnings, current status of many different types of discrimination in Mexico (religious, ethnic, gender, age, physical
challenges, illness, etc.), plan’s objectives, strategies, lines of action, and modes of evaluation and tracking. Edition limited to 350 copies.
APPROVALS: LC, HARVD, NYPL, TULANE, BANC, CHI, UTA, IAI, CU.
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Puente Andrés, María Inmaculada; Guadalupe Zorrilla Bernal, Martha E. Eyzaguirre Ordóñez. BORDANDO UNA IDENTIDAD:
SISTEMATIZACIÓN DE LA EXPERIENCIA Y DEL MODELO DE INTERVENCIÓN CON LA POBLACIÓN INDÍGENA DEL ESTADO DE
SONORA DE LA ORGANIZACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL LUTISUC ASOCIACIÓN CULTURAL, I.A.P. / María Inmaculada Puente
Andrés, Guadalupe Zorrilla Bernal, Martha E. Eyzaguirre Ordóñez. Hermosillo, Sonora: Editorial Garabatos, 2011. 216p. 22cm. Bibl.,
bibl. notes, graphs, color photos, tables. ISBN: 978-6077670193.
Reports on activities of private non-profit organization that works with indigenous women on preserving and disseminating native cultures of Sonora. Reviews situation of indigenous peoples in Latin America, Mexico and Sonora in particular, describes intervention model
applied by Lutisuc Asociación Cultural, discusses its activities and presents results of survey among those involved in program. Edition
limited to 500 copies. APPROVALS: UNM, TULANE, CHI, CORNELL, IAI.
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Salazar, Teodoso Navidad. TOPONIMIA, GEOGRAFÍA E HISTORIA DE SINALOA: Tomo IV: SALVADOR ALVARADO, ANGOSTURA Y MOCORITO. / Teodoso Navidad Salazar. Culiacán, Sinaloa: 2011. 270p. 21cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, glossary, illus., photos.
ISBN: 978-6079128180.
Numerous details on many towns, villages and locations that make up three municipalities in Sinaloa state. Consists primarily of alphabetical listing of these locations with brief information on their founding, roots of their names, and in some cases other aspects and photographs. Also includes overview of state history and glossary of regionalisms. This is enriched version of Compendio toponímico, histórico
y geográfico de Sinaloa by same author, published by state government in 2006. Author is historian, schoolteacher, writer, and lawyer,
now employed by state of Sinaloa.
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SEFT-1 : SONDA DE EXPLORACIÓN FERROVIARIA TRIPULADA. / Iván Puig, Andrés Padilla Domene, editores. México, D.F.:
Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes; Fundación BBVA Bancomer; Talleres Gráficos de México; Laboratorio Arte Alameda, 2011.
223p. 23cm. Bibl. notes, B&W and color illus., fold-out illus., B&W and color photos, maps. ISBN: 978-6074557824.
Images and texts recording progress and results of conceptual and technical tour de force by two brothers who designed vehicle capable of traveling on land and on railways, and their plan of traveling thousands of kilometers of abandoned railways in Mexico, analyzing
schemes of dependence and obsolescence, and cycles of boom and bust in Mexican past and present. Includes inventor/authors’ explanations and accounts of their experiences, newspaper clippings, and essays by other authors reflecting on philosophical and social implications of project. Authors’ photographs and journals record not only abandoned buildings and technology of past railway age but lives of
people who grew up around and alongside railway, artifacts and detritus that still litter tracks, and indomitable spirit of communities that absorbed, assimilated or appropriated land and materials for their own survival. High quality reproductions on heavy paper. APPROVALS:
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SEGURIDAD PÚBLICA: ACTORES, PROCESOS E INSTITUCIONES. REFLEXIONES DESDE CIUDAD JUÁREZ, MÉXICO. / Abraham Paniagua Vázquez, José Eduardo Borunda Escobedo, Ignacio Camargo-González, coordinadores. Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua: El
Colegio de Chihuahua, 2013. xiii,172p. 22cm. Bibl., bibl. notes, charts, graphs, index, maps, tables. (El Observatorio Ambiental, 17.)
ISBN: 978-6078214174.
Articles on problem of public security in one of Mexico’s most troubled cities. Contributors analyze actors, processes and institutions
that influence public security or are influenced by it: domestic violence as reflection of social vulnerability among city’s women, violence as
political control, overhaul of city police department, functional aspects of Chihuahua penitentiaries, and others topics. Edition limited to 500
copies. APPROVALS: UIUC, MSU, CU, UCSC, KU, TULANE, CHI, VAND, IAI, UTL.
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¿TRABAJAS Y ESTUDIAS?: MIRADAS SOBRE EL TRABAJO INFANTIL. / María Dolores Muñozcano Skidmore, coordinadora. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, 2011. 266p. 22cm. Bibl., bibl. notes,
graphs, tables. ISBN: 978-6070222320.
Essays on widespread problem of child labor in Mexico. Authors examine role of family breakdown and socio-economic disadvantagement on problem and discuss types of child labor (including prostitution). Some chapters consider efficacy of public policy and present
case studies of children working in Mexico City. Includes substantial body of statistics of types, locations, ages, and family situation of child
workers.
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FORMANDO EL CUERPO DE UNA NACIÓN: EL DEPORTE EN MÉXICO POSREVOLUCIONARIO, 1920 - 1940. / México, D.F.:
Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes; Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo, 2012.
141p. 23cm. B&W and color illus., maps, photos. ISBN: 978-6076051856.
Catalog from 2012 exhibit of art and photography reflecting attitudes toward and use of sports in Mexican political and social life following 1910-1920 revolution. Reveals ways in which post-revolutionary governments used sports as channel for collective ideals and individual ambitions through progressive institutionalization, effectively creating “national body” to accompany “national spirit” they were also constructing. Images and supporting analytical texts explore three facets: elites, spaces, and propaganda. Images include posters, flyers,
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SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE: LA BUENA HOSPITALIDAD = GOOD HOSPITALITY. / Ignacio Urquiza, fotografía. México, D.F.: A
Editores, 2013. 303p. 32cm. Color photos. ISBN: 978-6077859154.
Glossy coffee-table celebration of picturesque colonial town that is bustling tourist destination and one of Mexico’s leading centers for
foreign residents. Opening chapters describe its religious and cultural traditions and historic heritage. Bulk of book--more than 250 pages-is occupied by vibrant, full-color, mostly full-page photographs of city and its people, festivals, buildings, and art. High quality reproductions on heavy paper. APPROVALS: NYPL, IAI.
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INDEX
Agriculture ................................................ 1
Anthropology ......................................... 1-2
Archaeology ............................................. 2
Architecture ........................................... 2-3
Art ......................................................... 3-5
Biology ..................................................... 5
Drama & Theater .................................. 5-6
Drugs, Drug Trafficking, Narco-Politics, Narco-Society .... 6
Economics, Economy & Business ............... 7
Education .................................................. 7-8
Film & Cinema ............................................. 8
Food, Cooking & Culinary Studies ............... 8-9
Gender & Sensuality Studies ............................ 9
History ..................................................... 9-12
Index ........................................................... 20
Medicine & Public Health .................. 14
Music ............................................ 14-15
Philosophy & Religion ....................... 15
Language & Linguistics................................... 12
Science & Technology .......................... 18
Sociology, Society & Social Issues . 18-20
Sports & Athletics.................................. 20
Ecology & Environmental Studies ......... 6-7
Literature ............................................... 12-14
Travel & Tourism .............................. 20
Politics, Political Science & Public Administration15-17
Press, Communications & Media Issues . 17-18
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